linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19

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Message-Id: <200612141817.22741.hjk@linutronix.de>
Date:	Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:17:22 +0100
From:	Hans-Jürgen Koch <hjk@...utronix.de>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19

Am Donnerstag, 14. Dezember 2006 18:02 schrieb Jan Engelhardt:
> 
> On Dec 14 2006 10:56, Hans-Jürgen Koch wrote:
> >
> >A small German manufacturer produces high-end AD converter cards. He sells
> >100 pieces per year, only in Germany and only with Windows drivers. He would
> >now like to make his cards work with Linux. He has two driver programmers
> >with little experience in writing Linux kernel drivers. What do you tell him?
> >Write a large kernel module from scratch? Completely rewrite his code 
> >because it uses floating point arithmetics?
> 
> They use floating point in (Windows) kernelspace? Oh my.

To be honest, I never really understood where kernel space starts and user space
ends in Windows, so I'm not sure about this :-)

Hans

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