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diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00025.txt b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00025.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..32bc9c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00025.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Linux driver development model, good case timeline #1 + + +Hardware vendor starts Linux driver development for new HW during HW R&D +Hardware vendor submits Linux driver for review / inclusion into mainline Linux kernel before HW ships +User installs HW and has immediate support by current Linux kernel +Hardware vendor publicly releases HW docs when the product ships, or even later +This enables the community to support/integrate the driver with new interfaces +It also enables the community to support hardware post EOL, at a point where the HW vendor + |