Re: FW: press release - new network driver architecture

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 10 Apr 2000 12:03:00 +0100 (BST)


> Hardware vendors can not expect users to know about compiling.
> It would be very dangerous to have hardware vendors supplying
> whole kernel upgrades, but what else can they do?

Provide source code and work with the community as well as with
vendors. Several of them are doing this just fine. A few others have had
good intentions and almost got it right and will no doubt do this next
time.

Alan

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