Jon Smirl wrote: > 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. Total nonsense. Neither am I arguing for a micro-kernel, nor are userspace drivers alien to Linux. Not at all. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==--= =-== ===-- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ -- 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
