Re: [RFC] Small PCI core patch
From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Tue Nov 22 2005 - 11:25:05 EST
On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 06:14:56PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> You exaggerate. Windows drivers work well enough in Windows (or so I
> presume). One just has to implement the environment these drivers
> expect, very carefully.
I exaggerate nothing -- we have real world experience with ndiswrapper
and similar software, which is exactly the same model you proposed, is
exactly the same model that has created all sorts of technical, legal,
and political problems.
Dumb with a capital 'D'.
Jeff
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