[openbeos] Re: OS Propaganda.... A new world order!

Who said we couldn't use linux drivers ?
Just need to take care about where we put it, but we definitely can 
port a linux driver.


En réponse à Massimiliano Origgi <origgi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> >I want to shorten this to a few key points, then answer them:
> >1) Drivers are a critical key to the success of OpenBeOS.
> 
> >Agreed, to a degree. One thing that is a vast improvement in situation
> is 
> >that there is more standardization in hardware. There are only a few
> video 
> >cards out there, really - nVidia, Radeon, Matrox, etc. A lot of USB
> devices 
> >(which are the future for many things) use standardized APIs (mass
> storage, 
> >HCI, etc). So there will be fewer drivers to write than, say, 5 years
> ago.
> 
> Unless you have to work around broken implementations of standard
> protocols :
> -)
> Anyway, yes, it's a lot easier (see cd burners as an example), moreover
> if 
> there is the possibility to write a driver at all (read there is some
> code or 
> a manual available), we can be pretty sure that a driver for BSD or
> Linux 
> already exists and while we can't use Linux code directly it can be 
> 'consulted' for infos about the hardware, saving a LOT of time.
> -- 
> 
> Massimiliano Origgi    The future is blue with BlueOS
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> 
>

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