From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964839AbWJOOHE (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:07:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964844AbWJOOHD (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:07:03 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:55011 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964839AbWJOOHB (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:07:01 -0400 Subject: Re: Driver model.. expel legacy drivers? From: Alan Cox To: John Richard Moser Cc: Kevin K , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <45317814.8000709@comcast.net> References: <4530570B.7030500@comcast.net> <20061014075625.GA30596@stusta.de> <4530FC8E.7020504@comcast.net> <7E4CA247-AD0A-4A20-BEAF-CDD2CA4D3FFE@sbcglobal.net> <45315A20.6090600@comcast.net> <1160870637.5732.46.camel@localhost.localdomain> <45317814.8000709@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 15:33:35 +0100 Message-Id: <1160922815.5732.54.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ar Sad, 2006-10-14 am 19:51 -0400, ysgrifennodd John Richard Moser: > > Microsoft are also being very helpful. They are making it harder and > > harder for people to use drivers not microsoft-signed which in turns > > pushes up costs for development and as a result encourages more > > standardization of driver interfaces to take place. > > huh? Every vendor of products for Microsoft Windows (which is still the primary market for all their hardware) has to provide drivers or work with pre-existing drivers. The harder Microsoft makes it (in financial terms) for them to produce drivers the more incentive they have to use the existing standards or to create new ones. Alan