On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:56 PM, HoP <jpetrous@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Do you think it is really serious enough reason to prevent of having > such virtualization driver in the kernel? > > Let check my situation and tell me how I should continue (TBH, I already > thought that driver can be accepted, but my dumb brain thought because > of non quality code/design or so. It was really big "surprise" which > reason was used aginst it): Yes, this is entirely a political issue and not a technical one. Every couple of years somebody implements such a driver, and they have all been rejected for upstream. > I have equipment, based of course on Linux and others open-source > code, which is using DVB tuners sharing (the box has two DVB-S2 NIMs > on inputs and ethernet on output). If I understand you well, I have to cut > such box feature (which is, btw, one of very nicer usecase of such box) > and stop thinking about it? > > Do you really think that it is a good way which should linux come? > I don't like binary drivers as well. But if developers can't extend > usability of linux because of worrying about blob drivers, it is not > good, it is path to the hell. The unfortunate fact is that allowing this sort of thing *does* allow for abuse of the interface, even if was not the intention of the original author of the patch/driver. In fact, I believe all the cases in the past were by people who were friendly to open source. > My 2cents. > > /Honza > > PS: I don't want to start any war, but I would like to know if it is only > Devin POV or it has wider support inside linux-media hackers. > Of course I will stay with my drivers outside the kernel. Ugly, I know. > But I never want to enter by closed doors. Not my way. To be fair, I am not the originator of this argument. If you read the history, a variety of other Linux DVB-V4L developers have shared the same view (which I adopted after hearing the arguments). Devin -- Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs http://www.kernellabs.com -- 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
