On 01/09/06, Jeff Rollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 01/09/06, Marc G. Fournier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > so, should I then switch to Linux because they do welcome > > 'vendor written drivers'? > > > If by 'vendor-written drivers' you mean binary-only drivers, then no, the > linux kernel developers emphatically do not accept them. They would much > prefer that all vendors release open source drivers, since (amongst other > things) if they do, that means they (the LKD's) will be responsible for > making sure that when the device driver ABI changes, all open-source drivers > are rewritten and recompiled to work with that version of the kernel. >
Of course, that should be "API" Jeff.
