Re: Betr.: Re: Shortening the Development Cycle...
Robert Dinse (nanook@eskimo.com)
Thu, 9 Sep 1999 04:32:12 -0700 (PDT)
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999 dietmar_stein/phoenix_contact_at_phoenix@phoenixcontact.com wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I agree, too, because new hardware is often very buggy or instable
> itself. So including drivers for the newest hardware will extend
> development time - in my opinion - because you have to correct the
> new drivers a few times while hardware is corrected.
>
> Among the instability of new hardware will go the thought, that the
> kernel is instable because of the bugs within biosses etc.
>
> Dietmar
I mis-read the intent of the original post. I thought the intent, the way
I read it, was that ONLY the newer chipsets coming out would be supported in
the development kernel.
But if the development kernel isn't the the appropriate place to introduce
drivers for new hardware, then what is? Certainly not in a stable kernel that
is supposed to be, after all, stable.
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