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diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00026.txt b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00026.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..150d39f --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00026.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Linux driver development model, good case timeline #2 + + +Hardware vendor releases HW documentation during HW R&D or no later than the product start shipping +Somebody in the Linux development community might be interested in writing a driver +in his spare time because of technical interest in the HW +as a paid contractor by the HW vendor +In such cases it helps if the HW vendor provides free samples to trustworthy developers +That driver is very likely to get merged mainline + |