FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: Using GPL-ed sources as the reference

["Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Siarzhuk,

Siarzhuk Zharski <zharik@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > BTW we already have some kind of SCSI support written by Thomas 
> > Kurschel which is used by the ATAPI driver and is designed to be 
> > used 
> > by other modules as well. However, it has not yet been integrated 
> > into 
> > our repository.
> This module mainly is not "SCSI stuff" but "USB stuff". In other 
> words - 
> this is the "driver" for USB mass storage devices (USB class 8). It 
> is 
> only implemented as SCSI Interface Module (SIM) and "published" by 
> system as /dev/disk/scsi/...

Well, maybe I understand it now :-)

> BTW, another question: during my working on that USB stuff 
> (serial(class 
> 2) and mass-storage(class 8)) I have seen "two ways of things 
> implementing". Both serial and storage drivers in Linux support not 
> only 
> standard devices but many other ones with vendor-specific protocols. 
> For 
> example serial driver has support for standard ACM devices, FTDI 
> USB-serial chips, Prolific chips etc. The same situation with mass 
> storages. In opposition to this, FreeBSD sources contain only support 
> for standard classes. Other devices supported (if supported) as 
> separate 
> drivers. And ...... what is "the OBOS way"? Is that some kind of 
> "ideological" question? Or the question of The Purity? I just wonder 
> about this. =-)

I'd say this would be the developer's decision :-)
For example, the BeOS IDE driver contains code for all devices in one 
driver. I personally don't like this, and I would prefer the FreeBSD 
way of doing. But if that way would cause any disadvantages on the 
users side (i.e. manual configuration), I probably wouldn't do it.
It's also the question of how much code is shared. If there is only a 
small bunch of code necessary for every device, it might be 
unreasonably to split the driver into several ones.

> PS: Axel, do you remember our private e-mail discussion about 
> donating 
> my drivers to OBOS some month ago? You still can come to me and get 
> it. =-)

Thanks :)
What drivers from yours are compatible with out license, i.e. not GPLd?
And what about that sync bug in the SiS 7018 driver? (couldn't resist 
to ask) :-)

Bye,
   Axel.