Re: Discourage Uniform Driver Model?

[Dr. David Alan Gilbert]

* James Clark (jimwclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> If it was possible to create a driver model that allowed module compatibility 
> across different releases/revisions without recompilation and with minimal 
> performance hit would this be desirable? 
> 
> If such a model was possible should development be avoided to discourage 
> binary only modules?

I would argue that is exactly the situation seen by XFree with quite a
few cards requiring binary modules for full functionality.

Dave
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