Re: Linux drivers management
- From: Jes Sorensen <jes@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 06 Feb 2006 05:08:13 -0500
"David" == David Chow <davidchow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
David> Dear maintainers, Is there any work in Linux undergoing to
David> separate Linux drivers and the the main kernel, and manage
David> drivers using a package management system that only manages
David> kernel drivers and modules? If this can be done, the kernel
David> maintenance can be simple, and will end-up with a more stable
David> (less frequent changed) kernel API for drivers, also make every
David> developers of drivers happy.
David> Would like to see that happens .
Simple answer: no
Maybe someone is working on it, but it's highly unlikely to be
anything but a waste of that person's time.
This is a classic question, by seperating out the drivers you make it
so much harder for all developers to propagate changes into all pieces
of the tree.
Cheers,
Jes
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