On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:50:27 -0400 Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 03:07 +0300, Sergei Steshenko wrote: > > One of really nice human features is the ability to understand other > > person's reason. > > > > I want to be able to install updated (ALSA or any Linux for that matter) > > driver > > with no more clicks/keystrokes I need under Windows - however much I dislike > > Windows. This is my reason. > > > > If present Linux development kernel does not allow me to do this, then > > the model is at fault. > > > > Are you familiar with "cost-benefit analysis"? > > Cost: Linux kernel development would have to be frozen for years at a > time. Many developers would get bored and move on to hack another OS > with a faster development cycle. Any features which no one envisioned > at the time of the last release would be delayed for years or not > implemented at all as the developers would not have the patience to wait > years for the next merge window and would move on. > > Benefit: It would be slightly easier to install out of tree drivers. > > Lee > > > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > " Many developers would get bored and move on to hack another OS with a faster development cycle. " - maybe. Maybe some of them will migrate to HelenOS (http://www.helenos.eu) and will give us all user space drivers - http://www.helenos.eu/?reason=specs : " Elements of microkernel design: The code running in kernel-space will be limited to a much smaller size compared for example to the traditional Unix design. The kernel will contain mostly just the code which is necessary to run in kernel-space (scheduling, memory management and protection, hardware resource management, IPC). Device drivers, filesystems, network stacks, etc. will be implemented in user-space. ". Will I cry ? No. _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
