Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:15:11 +0000 | From | "Andrew Lyon" <> | Subject | Re: Free Linux Driver Development! |
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On 1/30/07, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > Free Linux Driver Development! > > Yes, that's right, the Linux kernel community is offering all companies > free Linux driver development. No longer do you have to suffer through > all of the different examples in the Linux Device Driver Kit, or pick > through the thousands of example drivers in the Linux kernel source > tree trying to determine which one is the closest to what you need to > do. > > All that is needed is some kind of specification that describes how your > device works, or the email address of an engineer that is willing to > answer questions every once in a while. A few sample devices might be > good to have so that debugging doesn't have to be done by email, but if > necessary, that can be done. > > In return, you will receive a complete and working Linux driver that is > added to the main Linux kernel source tree. The driver will be written > by some of the members of the Linux kernel developer community (over > 1500 strong and growing). This driver will then be automatically > included in all Linux distributions, including the "enterprise" ones. > It will be automatically kept up to date and working through all Linux > kernel API changes. This driver will work with all[1] of the different > CPU types supported by Linux, the largest number of CPU types supported > by any operating system ever before in the history of computing. > > As for support, the driver will be supported through email by the > original developers, when they can help out, and by the "enterprise" > Linux distributors as part of their service agreements with their > customers. > > If your company is worried about NDA issues surrounding your device's > specifications, we have arranged a program with OSDL/TLF's Tech Board to > provide the legal framework where a company can interact with a member > of the kernel community in order to properly assure that all needed NDA > requirements are fulfilled. > > Now your developers will have more time to work on drivers for all of > the other operating systems out there, and you can add "supported on > Linux" to your product's marketing material. > > This offer is in affect for all different types of devices, from USB > toys to PCI video devices to high-speed networking cards. If you build > it, we can get Linux drivers working for it. > > For any questions about this program, please feel free to respond to > this email, or contact me directly at greg@kroah.com. I will also be > available at FreedomHEC 2007 <http://freedomhec.pbwiki.com/> held > adjacent to WinHEC, if anyone wants to bring devices and work > face-to-face. > > thanks, > > greg k-h > > [1] for the CPUs that support the bus types that your device works on. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
How about a kernel driver for the m-cubed tbalancer bigNG ?
http://www.t-balancer.com/english/bng.htm (see support section of site)
Complete documentation is available, and devs are friendly (see forums), there is already a userspace utility that works well but a kernel driver would be even better, especially for something that controls system cooling!
Andy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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