Possibly offtopic : Binary only driver
Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha
strange at nsk.no-ip.org
Sun Nov 21 11:49:06 UTC 2004
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 12:22:29PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 12:18:03PM +0100, Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens wrote:
> > Thank you for your answer.
> > Ok, even if the hardware vendor decides to open the driver :
> > Will it be included ?
>
> if it's of good enough quality then yes
>
> > In every kernel ?
> > In every distribution ?
>
> yes
>
> > For only a few (about several thousand) users ?
>
> we have drivers for fewer users ;)
>
> > Why is there no really *fix* api *and* abi for all kernels
> > 2.6.x ?
>
> because that stiffles innovation for too much.
But libusb is stable, is it not? And LGPL. Meaning that it's possible
to develop a closed driver for the specified USB device.
Regards,
Luciano Rocha
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