On 7/28/05, Shawn Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Can you explain what "being included (in OpenSolaris)" means? In what sense?
I am not familiar with the Wi-Fi issue.
How is it handled by Redhat/SuSe/Debian right now, assuming it's not part of the Linux kernel?
Are you suggesting we link the driver in the OpenSolaris kernel binary as the base for every
OS-based distribution? ( assuming it's not dynamically loadable, otherwise why recompile the kernel).
Since CDDL is file-based, it's perfectly legal I supposed.
Is it what you mean "being included (in OpenSolaris)" ?
But then, shall it be done by the distribution instead (either case the end user don't have to do anything).
Tao
However, I do expect drivers that are open except for one component or
set of components needed to initialize the hardware or otherwise
provide legally restricted functionality to be given the option of
being included. Wi-Fi drivers are one of many very good examples.
Can you explain what "being included (in OpenSolaris)" means? In what sense?
At the very least, it must be very easy for a user to install binary
drivers, and not have to worry about recompiling their kernel or any
of the other dreck that certain unnamed open source projects make
their users go through.
I am not familiar with the Wi-Fi issue.
How is it handled by Redhat/SuSe/Debian right now, assuming it's not part of the Linux kernel?
Are you suggesting we link the driver in the OpenSolaris kernel binary as the base for every
OS-based distribution? ( assuming it's not dynamically loadable, otherwise why recompile the kernel).
Since CDDL is file-based, it's perfectly legal I supposed.
Is it what you mean "being included (in OpenSolaris)" ?
But then, shall it be done by the distribution instead (either case the end user don't have to do anything).
Tao
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