Theodore> Why should Linux developers develop a UDI driver? A native
Theodore> driver will be easier to write, and probably faster and more
Theodore> efficient.
I agree completely.
Also I don't really understand why people are so upset about this
whole thing. For networking drivers it is very obvious that UDI driver
will not interface easily to Linux, unless all commercial vendors give
up on mbufs. I guess it will be the case for other subsystems as well.
My personal experience is that the real problem is to explain to the
vendors that they are not the ones who will have to write the driver
and provide the support for it. It seems that one has to explain this
at least 50 times before the markedroids realise it ;-)
UDI may work for commercial UNIXes because they are so similar
internally - Linux is different. Linux is gaining momentum all the
time (I still can't believe all the things that has happend the last
year) and the companies are realising this - they want their hardware
to work with Linux, why shouldn't they support us?
Jes
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