Re: [GIT PATCH] UIO patches for 2.6.21

[Bill Davidsen]

Greg KH wrote:
> Here are the updated UIO (Userspace I/O driver framework) patches for
> 2.6.21.
>
> They have been revamped from the last time you have seen them, and they
> include a real driver, the Hilscher CIF DeviceNet and Profibus card
> controller, which is being used in production systems with this driver
> framework right now.  The kernel driver they replaced was a total mess,
> with over 60+ ioctls to try to control the different aspects of the
> device.  See the last patch in this series for more details on this
> driver.
I have a political question, if I have a user space driver, is my kernel 
tainted or not? Does this open another multi-month flame war around GPL, 
BSD, NDA, source available but not GPL, and all the other things we 
talked to death about inserting non-GPL modules?

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Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
  "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot
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