From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
To: simon@baydel.com
Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: The end of embedded Linux?
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 03:36:44 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021007.033644.85392050.davem@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3DA16A9B.7624.4B0397@localhost>
From: "" <simon@baydel.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 11:06:03 +0100
No one else can run these drivers so
how could I expect someone else to maintain them ?
This is a common misconception. When sweeping API changes
are made to fix some bug or whatever, if your driver is in
the tree the person making the API change will update your
driver or add a comment saying "the new API does this, I
couldn't figure out how to do that with your driver, please
update" in a comment.
You get free work like this just as a side effect of being
in the tree.
It will also be sanity build checked by lots of people who
run the current kernels through a "enable everything" configuration.
However I can not understand how it would be practical for many
organizations to release code under the GPL for specific hardware.
See above.
This to some companies is too much to give
away. Perhaps someone could educate me on this point ?
You talked about an interrupt controller, a serial port, lack of VGA,
and lack of RTC on your system... doesn't sound like any ground
breaking hardware to me.
Franks a lot,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-07 10:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 115+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-05 19:36 The end of embedded Linux? Gigi Duru
2002-10-05 19:46 ` Francois Romieu
2002-10-05 19:49 ` Ben Greear
2002-10-05 19:53 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-05 20:52 ` Gigi Duru
2002-10-05 20:58 ` Mark Mielke
2002-10-06 1:54 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-07 23:28 ` Gigi Duru
2002-10-06 0:46 ` Rik van Riel
2002-10-06 1:52 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-06 20:20 ` Gigi Duru
2002-10-07 2:01 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-06 4:28 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-06 16:53 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-06 18:50 ` george anzinger
2002-10-07 10:06 ` simon
2002-10-07 10:36 ` David S. Miller [this message]
2002-10-07 11:57 ` Russell King
2002-10-07 12:10 ` Abraham vd Merwe
2002-10-07 14:12 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-07 16:05 ` Nicolas Pitre
2002-10-07 16:02 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-07 16:20 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-10-07 16:38 ` Nicolas Pitre
2002-10-07 16:53 ` Mark Mielke
2002-10-07 17:45 ` Nicolas Pitre
2002-10-07 18:11 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-07 18:54 ` george anzinger
2002-10-07 19:11 ` Russell King
2002-10-07 20:05 ` Ben Greear
2002-10-12 10:08 ` Richard Zidlicky
2002-10-14 12:26 ` Richard Zidlicky
2002-10-07 17:15 ` simon
2002-10-07 17:24 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-07 20:22 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-07 22:22 ` Christer Weinigel
2002-10-07 22:52 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-07 22:56 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-09 11:19 ` Jamie Lokier
2002-10-08 10:11 ` simon
2002-10-08 11:11 ` jbradford
2002-10-08 11:53 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-08 12:09 ` jbradford
2002-10-08 11:25 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-10-08 11:25 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-08 20:04 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-08 22:53 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-08 22:38 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-08 11:27 ` jw schultz
2002-10-09 7:37 ` Alexander Kellett
2002-10-09 11:49 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-09 11:53 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-09 19:17 ` jbradford
2002-10-09 23:49 ` jw schultz
2002-10-13 16:30 ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-10-09 12:42 ` Ian Molton
2002-10-10 4:47 ` Shane Nay
2002-10-08 15:52 ` David Lang
2002-10-09 10:53 ` David Woodhouse
2002-10-07 10:55 ` Xavier Bestel
2002-10-07 17:20 ` simon
2002-10-07 22:59 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-07 23:18 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-07 16:15 ` Matt Porter
2002-10-07 16:22 ` Matt Porter
2002-10-07 16:41 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-07 21:56 ` Gigi Duru
2002-10-07 19:44 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-08 13:22 ` Thomas Molina
2002-10-08 16:34 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-07 23:20 ` Matt Porter
2002-10-07 19:50 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-08 15:04 ` Matt Porter
2002-10-08 16:52 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-09 11:38 ` Adrian Bunk
2002-10-09 12:15 ` [patch] show Fusion MPT dialog only when CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD is set Adrian Bunk
2002-10-09 19:55 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-09 19:54 ` [PATCH]: Move Fusion MPT config menu into scsi driver support (was Re: The end of embedded Linux?) Rob Landley
2002-10-07 23:01 ` The end of embedded Linux? Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-07 23:23 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-07 23:47 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-08 0:06 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-08 1:23 ` Xcytame@yahoo.es
2002-10-06 13:02 ` Ian Molton
2002-10-05 19:53 ` jbradford
2002-10-05 22:23 ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-10-05 23:28 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-06 1:57 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-12 4:01 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-10-12 4:09 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-10-06 0:36 ` Rik van Riel
2002-10-06 0:41 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-10-06 0:50 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-10-06 1:00 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-10-06 0:44 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-10-06 22:24 ` Aaron Lehmann
2002-10-06 22:54 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-10-07 1:33 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-07 22:25 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-07 9:10 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0210061854190.24860-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>
2002-10-07 5:38 ` Gigi Duru
2002-10-07 5:42 ` Rik van Riel
2002-10-07 6:06 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-07 12:04 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-07 12:00 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-07 12:32 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-07 12:29 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-07 13:06 ` Dana Lacoste
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-10-07 20:04 Hell.Surfers
2002-10-07 23:01 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-08 0:10 ` jw schultz
2002-10-08 9:36 Hell.Surfers
2002-10-08 9:51 Hell.Surfers
2002-10-08 20:00 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-08 12:05 Hicks, Jamey
2002-10-12 20:45 Hell.Surfers
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