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Should Linux Have a Binary Kernel Driver Layer?

Posted by Zonk on from the abstraction dept.

zerojoker writes "The discussion is not new but was heated up by a blog entry from Greg Kroah-Hartman: Three OSDL Japan members, namely Fujitsu, NEC and Hitachi are pushing for a stable Kernel driver layer/API, so that driver developers wouldn't need to put their drivers into the main kernel tree. GKH has several points against such an idea." What do you think?

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  1. Texas by airrage · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Texas has a Constitution with no "administrative" section. That being said, every law, whether new or an amendment is a constitutional change.

    I think hardware manufacturers are in the right on this one, they want to develop drivers and peripherals without a constitutional amendment. Good thing all the way around IMHO.

    Peace Out.

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    "This isn't a study in computer science, its a study in human behavior"