Re: Can we move device drivers into user-space?

[Henrik Rydberg]

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 02:54:37PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:49:30PM +0100, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 02:20:34PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:14:59PM +0100, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> > > > The main issue that set me off has been sufficiently diluted in the
> > > > (selective) discussion so as to no longer make sense as a reply: At
> > > > some point, in-tree or out-of-tree will no longer be distinguishable,
> > > > and the question is if/when/why something would/should happen as a
> > > > consequence. A matter of politics, if you will. It seemed like an
> > > > honest question starting this thread, and I think it is fair to keep
> > > > it in mind as such.
> > > 
> > > If something happens to require such a change in the future, we will
> > > deal with it, at that time.  Remember the rule, "Linux is evolution, not
> > > intelligent design."
> > 
> > Who "we" is is exactly the point.
> 
> The kernel development community will handle it.

That's nice to hear, it seems like a fairly bright bunch.

> > For the not-so-important record, evolution does actually create
> > intelligent designs.
> 
> For some things yes, for others (like your tailbone), perhaps not :)

Oh no, that's where the matrix cord is plugged in. :-)

Cheers,
Henrik
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