Possibly offtopic : Binary only driver

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 12:18:03PM +0100, Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens wrote:
> Thank you for your answer.
> Ok, even if the hardware vendor decides to open the driver :
> Will it be included ?

if it's of good enough quality then yes

> In every kernel ?
> In every distribution ?

yes

> For only a few (about several thousand) users ?

we have drivers for fewer users ;)

> Why is there no really *fix* api *and* abi for all kernels
> 2.6.x ? 

because that stiffles innovation for too much.