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diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00027.txt b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00027.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6143c15 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00027.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Why submit your code mainline? + + +Quantity-wise, most users use some Linux distribution +Every version of every distribution ships a different Linux kernel version +Most end-users are not capable of compiling their own kernel/drives (but way more than you think!) +Thus, +teaming up with one (or even two, three) Linux distributions only addresses a small segment of the user base +distributing your driver independently (bundled with hardware, ...) in a way that is ready-to-use for end-users is a ton of work and almost impossible to get right +the preferred option, with the least overhead for both user and HW vendor is to merge the driver mainline. + |