Update On Free Linux Driver Development

Remember the offer Greg Kroah-Hartman made earlier this year, to get Linux drivers written for free for any company that wanted them? Now an anonymous reader points us to an article up on linuxworld with an update to this program. Greg K-H, who leads the development of several kernel subsystems including USB and PCI, admits that the January offer was a bit of "marketing hype" — but says it has brought companies and developers together anyway. Twelve companies have said "yes please," one driver is already in the kernel, and five more are in the pipeline.

Comments

Re:Modules

[Cal Paterson]

Next time, you might want to try a rational question.

Try researching before making outlandish statements.

Re:patents, usability

[jZnat]

Hmm, I have to fuck around for quite a while to get printing to work in Windows (gotta download bloated, crappy drivers that replace all the native interfaces), or to get codec support (codec? what the fuck is a codec? this is a fucking movie/song! /Joe Sixpack). Nice troll.