On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Stefan Richter <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jon Smirl wrote: >> If these drivers are for specific USB devices it is straight forward >> to turn them into kernel based drivers. If we are going for plug and >> play this needs to happen. All USB device drivers can be implemented >> in user space, but that doesn't mean you want to do that. Putting >> device drivers in the kernel subjects them to code inspection, they >> get shipped everywhere, they autoload when the device is inserted, >> they participate in suspend/resume, etc. > > Huh? Userspace implementations /can/ be code-reviewed (but they can't > crash your machine), they /can/ be and are shipped everywhere, they /do/ > auto-load when the device is inserted. And if there should be an issue > with power management (is there any?), then improve the ABI and libusb > can surely be improved. I don't see why a device with a userspace > driver cannot be included in power management. If you want a micro-kernel there are plenty to pick from. Linux has chosen not to be a micro-kernel. The Linux model is device drivers in the kernel. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
