RE: UDI issues
Slyglif Cain (slyglif@magerealm.com)
Sat, 19 Sep 1998 10:42:08 -0700
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Owens [mailto:kaos@ocs.com.au]
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 1998 09:47 P
> To: Slyglif Cain
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: UDI issues
>
>
> Do you feel comfortable using a binary only UDI driver for your
> ACME Wil-e-Coyote network card? What happens when there is a bug
> in the driver? Can you get support in a reasonable time at a
> reasonable price? What happens when ACME go out of business? Or
> would you rather have Donald Becker's driver for the same card
> complete with source code? UDI will make it harder to get specs
> on hardware, not easier. UDI will leave us hostage to hardware
> suppliers.
>
> The sensible suppliers have already released their specs. For them
> and us, UDI is a winner. For suppliers who want to keep their
> interfaces secret, they win, we lose.
I would rather have a UDI DVD decoder driver than NO driver. There
are certain peices of hardware that a manufacturer probably CAN'T
release the specs for (because of the agreements they signed with
third-parties), but they could release a UDI binary driver.
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