Re: kernel 2.6.8 pwc patches and counterpatches

[Brian Beattie]

On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 13:34, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> Le ven 27/08/2004 à 18:26, Kenneth Lavrsen a écrit :
> 
> > My name is Kenneth Lavrsen. I maintain the open source project Motion.
> > Probably half of the users of Motion - and there are 1000s of them will 
> > soon realise that next time they download a Kernel their camera will no 
> > longer work.
> [...]
> > I personally have 8 such cameras worth a fortune in working action and as a 
> > Linux user I am so disappointed and angry with the way that the maintainers 
> > (or is it in reality a single individual with too much power?) are 
> > threating me and the many other Linux users.
> 
> If you value a working binary driver more than anything else, have you
> considered switching over to a proprietary OS including said driver ?
> 

One can also point out, that his current kernel will continue to work
and support those cameras.

> Bitching won't get you very far, obviously.
> 
> 	Xav
> 
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