From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751963AbWLNS2a (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:28:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751969AbWLNS2a (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:28:30 -0500 Received: from ns.firmix.at ([62.141.48.66]:52980 "EHLO ns.firmix.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751947AbWLNS23 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:28:29 -0500 Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hans-J=FCrgen?= Koch Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200612141056.03538.hjk@linutronix.de> References: <20061213195226.GA6736@kroah.com> <200612140949.43270.duncan.sands@math.u-psud.fr> <200612141056.03538.hjk@linutronix.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Organization: Firmix Software GmbH Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:34:18 +0100 Message-Id: <1166117658.28664.105.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2.1 (2.8.2.1-2.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: -2.41 () AWL,BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 10:56 +0100, Hans-Jürgen Koch wrote: [....] > A small German manufacturer produces high-end AD converter cards. He sells > 100 pieces per year, only in Germany and only with Windows drivers. He would > now like to make his cards work with Linux. He has two driver programmers > with little experience in writing Linux kernel drivers. What do you tell him? > Write a large kernel module from scratch? Completely rewrite his code > because it uses floating point arithmetics? Find a Linux kernel guru/company and pay him/them for -) an evaluation if it is "better" (for whatever better means) to port the driver or write it from scratch and -) do the better thing. Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services