Re: Driver Model 2 Proposal - Linux Kernel Performance v Usability

James Clark
2003-09-04T21:13:21Z

Why would binary drivers be any harder to debug than the existing binary
kernel. If you want to debug something use the source code. My proposal
doesn't remove the need for quality public source code but it does isolate
the kernel components and allow for 'plugin' use on different kernels both
old and new.

If a relatively small kernel component can be turned on/off and upgraded at
will, without changing ANYTHING else, this would be a big step forward.

James

On Thursday 04 Sep 2003 9:29 pm, you wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, James Clark wrote:
> > I'm very surprised by the number of posts that have ranted about
> > Open/Close source, GPL/taint issues etc. This is not about source code
> > it is about making Linux usable by the masses.
>
> How would "making it easier to include impossible to debug
> device drivers" help towards your goal of making Linux more
> usable ?