Re:Free user space for non-graphics drivers
by bsder on Saturday June 06, 2020 @05:32PM
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> There seems to a precedent here and people are able to get around it by who they know or their reputation in the community.
Well, reputation matters.
Greg Kroah-Hartman let the Habana Labs stuff in over objections, but Habana actually open sourced its libraries later. Qualcomm has demonstrated repeatedly that they will never do that.
And, personally, I'm kinda glad GKH cut Habana some slack. A nice open-source library now exists for that and GKH cutting Habana slack may have contributed to the process.
GKH has also pointed out that he has changed his mind and wouldn't do that again.
People will often do something once because they see it as an exception. Now that this kind of thing is no longer an "exception", people are looking at it differently.
Well, reputation matters.
Greg Kroah-Hartman let the Habana Labs stuff in over objections, but Habana actually open sourced its libraries later. Qualcomm has demonstrated repeatedly that they will never do that.
And, personally, I'm kinda glad GKH cut Habana some slack. A nice open-source library now exists for that and GKH cutting Habana slack may have contributed to the process.
GKH has also pointed out that he has changed his mind and wouldn't do that again.
People will often do something once because they see it as an exception. Now that this kind of thing is no longer an "exception", people are looking at it differently.