Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Dec 1999 01:35:06 -0500 | From | Raul Miller <> | Subject | Re: Portable binary drivers |
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Ingo Molnar <mingo@chiara.csoma.elte.hu> wrote: > sadly it's not possible to distinct between 'good' binary modules > (which are open-source), and 'bad' binary modules (which are > closed-source) - but this is not a problem! i'm sure you will > understand the point: it's not hard to create a 'module compilation > package' that compiles the binary module on the spot. We _do_ > guarantee driver source-compatibility for the stable branch. An > on-the-spot driver compilation framework would be a welcome addition > to Linux (feel free to contribute it), as it can eg. optimize for the > given CPU and architecture.
However, note that we don't have a general way of managing include files for the case where the user has more than one kernel version they'll be using on the system.
-- Raul
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