From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1031225AbXD1Tzj (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:55:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1031248AbXD1Tzi (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:55:38 -0400 Received: from mail.tmr.com ([64.65.253.246]:49358 "EHLO gaimboi.tmr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1031225AbXD1TzD (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:55:03 -0400 Message-ID: <4633A6D7.3030806@tmr.com> Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:56:07 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061105 SeaMonkey/1.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg KH CC: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, Benedikt Spranger , "Hans J. Koch" Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] UIO patches for 2.6.21 References: <20070427224957.GA17967@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20070427224957.GA17967@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Greg KH wrote: > Here are the updated UIO (Userspace I/O driver framework) patches for > 2.6.21. > > They have been revamped from the last time you have seen them, and they > include a real driver, the Hilscher CIF DeviceNet and Profibus card > controller, which is being used in production systems with this driver > framework right now. The kernel driver they replaced was a total mess, > with over 60+ ioctls to try to control the different aspects of the > device. See the last patch in this series for more details on this > driver. > I have a political question, if I have a user space driver, is my kernel tainted or not? Does this open another multi-month flame war around GPL, BSD, NDA, source available but not GPL, and all the other things we talked to death about inserting non-GPL modules? -- Bill Davidsen "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot