From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262833AbVCJQzk (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:55:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262749AbVCJQu5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:50:57 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:32415 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262744AbVCJQtB (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:49:01 -0500 Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 08:48:47 -0800 From: Greg KH To: John Richard Moser Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: binary drivers and development Message-ID: <20050310164847.GA16430@kroah.com> References: <423075B7.5080004@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <423075B7.5080004@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 11:28:39AM -0500, John Richard Moser wrote: > I've been looking at the UDI project[1] and thinking about binary > drivers and the like, and wondering what most peoples' take on these are > and what impact that UDI support would have on the kernel's development. Please, the UDI stuff has been proven to be broken and wrong. If you want to work on it, feel free to do so, just don't expect for anyone to accept the UDI layer into the kernel mainline. What's that phrase about people forgetting history are doomed... greg k-h