Re: Driver Model 2 Proposal - Linux Kernel Performance v Usability

From: Rik van Riel
Date: Thu Sep 04 2003 - 15:32:08 EST


On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, James Clark wrote:

> I'm very surprised by the number of posts that have ranted about
> Open/Close source, GPL/taint issues etc. This is not about source code
> it is about making Linux usable by the masses.

How would "making it easier to include impossible to debug
device drivers" help towards your goal of making Linux more
usable ?

--
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan

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