From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267416AbUH1Qak (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:30:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267413AbUH1QZp (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:25:45 -0400 Received: from dsl092-149-163.wdc2.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.149.163]:61450 "EHLO localhost") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267389AbUH1QXP (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:23:15 -0400 Subject: Re: kernel 2.6.8 pwc patches and counterpatches From: Brian Beattie To: Xavier Bestel Cc: Kenneth Lavrsen , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <1093628062.15313.11.camel@gonzales> References: <6.1.2.0.2.20040827171755.01c1f328@inet.uni2.dk> <1093628062.15313.11.camel@gonzales> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Message-Id: <1093629262.2812.2.camel@kokopelli> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:22:51 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 13:34, Xavier Bestel wrote: > Le ven 27/08/2004 à 18:26, Kenneth Lavrsen a écrit : > > > My name is Kenneth Lavrsen. I maintain the open source project Motion. > > Probably half of the users of Motion - and there are 1000s of them will > > soon realise that next time they download a Kernel their camera will no > > longer work. > [...] > > I personally have 8 such cameras worth a fortune in working action and as a > > Linux user I am so disappointed and angry with the way that the maintainers > > (or is it in reality a single individual with too much power?) are > > threating me and the many other Linux users. > > If you value a working binary driver more than anything else, have you > considered switching over to a proprietary OS including said driver ? > One can also point out, that his current kernel will continue to work and support those cameras. > Bitching won't get you very far, obviously. > > Xav > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Brian Beattie LFS12947 | "Honor isn't about making the right choices. beattie@beattie-home.net | It's about dealing with the consequences." www.beattie-home.net | -- Midori Koto