Re: Linux Hardware Quality Labs (was: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario)
From: Al Viro
Date: Thu Dec 08 2005 - 05:50:54 EST
On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 10:26:53AM +0000, Felix Oxley wrote:
> I presume that drivers will be developed alongside the hardware
> because you can't sell the kit until the drivers are on the CD in the
> nice box with the instruction manual.
> Also you can't test the hardware properly unless you have drivers for
> it.
No. Any external reviewer will be immediately put in a nasty position
of standing in the way of vendor's schedule. That's _the_ recipe for
mess. And that's besides the joy of NDA, etc.
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