On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 10:38:51PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > Just in case anyone reading this actually buys into Paul's comments, > it's not Linux's fault, it's the hardware manufacturer's for not > providing support. There's three ways to get support for your > hardware into any operating system - write it yourself (or contract > someone to write it for you), provide the specs and hope someone > comes up with the goods out of the goodness of their heart, or have > someone reverse-engineer the hardware, write a driver, and release > it (possibly in the face of legal threats) to the world. > Most linux drivers come from the third option. And yet Linux > manages to have really quality drivers.
There certainly are a few notable reverse engineered drivers, but to suggest it's most of them isn't true. -i [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au
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