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Message-ID: <20061216080821.GA4049@ucw.cz> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 08:08:21 +0000 From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> To: James Porter <jameslporter@...il.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Binary Drivers Hi! > I think some kernel developers take to much responsibility, is there a bug in a > binary driver? Send it upstream and explain to the user that it's a closed > source driver and is up to said company to fix it. ANd deal with users screaming at you 'I'm sure nvidia is not a problem because it dies when I use suspend, but is rock solid otherwise'? > Just because nvidia makes a closed source driver doesn't mean that we can't also > create an open source driver(limited functionality, reverse engineered, > etc.,etc.). I firmly believe that the choice should be up to the user and/or > distro. I'm not a kernel dev, I don't know c...but I understand the concepts and So you can't write code... > work(patents?, gotta love those). Personally I think nvidia has excellent > support for linux, I have actually convinced people to use linux(desktop and > server) just by showing them beryl with the nvidia beta drivers. ...still you convince people to use code noone is going to fix? Sweet! Pavel -- Thanks for all the (sleeping) penguins. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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