Lars Wirzenius writes: > su, 2005-01-09 kello 16:52 +0100, Miguel Gea Milvaques kirjoitti: > > Then if software as xpdf could be in main, software loading firmware > > must be in main. > > Without commenting on the issue otherwise: This is not a working > analogy. xpdf can load any PDF file. Device drivers can, typically, only > load firmwares that are specific to the device in question, and the only > existing firmwares for the devices tend to be non-free.
Device drivers can, typically, send whatever they please to a device. Whether the device accepts the data (or does anything useful with it) is a question for the hardware designer, not for the OS. Michael Poole
