linux-kernel - Re: eradicating out of tree modules

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Message-ID: <20071030153036.GA22501@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:30:36 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	"linux-os (Dick Johnson)" <linux-os@...logic.com>
Cc:	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>,
	Thomas Fricaccia <thomas_fricacci@...oo.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Crispin Cowan <crispin@...spincowan.com>,
	Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@...ian.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: eradicating out of tree modules

On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 09:11:11AM -0400, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
> I'm sure that the majority of Linux users would never acquire
> the 4-board assembly that we use to acquire X-Ray data and
> generate real-time images for the baggage scanners in use
> at the world's major airports. That assembly, containing
> numerous CPUs and other high-speed pipelined stuff would
> cost the user about  US$100,000 so I'm pretty sure that
> are not many takers so it is very unlikely that any modules
> to support it would never get into the mainstream kernel.

Of course it would be accepted, hell, we have a whole sub-architecture
with what, 3 users?  :)

So please submit patches for your drivers, and we will be glad to review
them.

thanks,

greg k-h
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