Re: Philips webcam

Dotan Cohen wrote:

On 06/01/2008, Derek Broughton <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

No. Just because it works, doesn't mean it's right. I can see Linus'
point.

Linus is right. He has a very good, valid reason for keeping these
drivers out of the kernel. The Linux kernel would be a mess if
everything got it. However, the users are right too. They (we) want
things to work.

Yes - but then they have to buy hardware that's certified to work. In your
case, I realize you did - but the manufacturer essentially lied.

Windows users don't buy hardware that won't run their OS. Apple users
don't. Why are Linux users always expecting uncertified hardware to work?

I realize that it's only a week since I argued that Linux is at fault in the
issue of the hard drive head-retraction problem, and not the manufacturer,
but in this case the problem really is the manufacturer - the compression
software has to come out of the kernel driver into user space, because you
just can't do that in a kernel.
--
derek


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