Re: Binary drivers (Linux is DOOMED, DOOMED!)

Damien Miller (djm@mindrot.org)
Mon, 6 Dec 1999 09:57:17 +1100 (EST)


On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Kendall Bennett wrote:

> > I know which I'd prefer.
>
> Put it this way. I would rather have the latest wiz bang internal
> kernel interface get developed with a compatibility layer so existing
> drivers can actually work (with a performance hit), rather than
> having to wait for months before I can use it at all because the
> kernel drivers for my devices have not yet been updated to support
> the new interfaces.

That's lovely - why don't you implement it and submit it to Linus then?

No-one else is going to do it for you.

-d

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