[openbeos] Re: Using GPL-ed sources as the reference
- From: Siarzhuk Zharski <zharik@xxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 18:51:44 +0200
Hallo, Axel
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/...
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. =-)
Kind Regards,
S.Zharski
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. =-)
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