Re: Free Linux Driver Development!

[Roland Dreier]

 > The vast majority of these were submitted ages ago.  Standards for
 > acceptance and maintenance have risen since the days of ISA drivers
 > and floppy tape drives.

What are our standards for maintenance?  How can we tell in advance if
something is going to be maintained (cf. drivers/net/chelsio)?

I don't think you can seriously argue that just posting documentation
is going to guarantee that a device is going to get a high-quality
driver that runs on all architectures and that enterprise distros will
support.  And I don't think it's a good strategy to try convince
vendors to open docs by using happy talk about an idealized fantasy world.

 - R.
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