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Re:Linux may have been causing USB disconnects by Sheepshow on Thursday August 22, 2013 @04:57PM (#6260021)
> You can't design a driver for a card without knowing everything about the card

Strongly disagree with that statement, though I sincerely wish it were true. My company manufactures hardware and does not provide a reference driver for any OS. We provide binary blobs and textual "guidelines".

For our hardware, driver authors operate without knowing any details beyond the interface.

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Re:Linux may have been causing USB disconnects by shdon on Friday August 23, 2013 @04:00AM (#6262288)
So... they're actually not writing drivers for the hardware, but for the interface provided by your blob. I'm not sure I agree with the original statement, but I don't think your argument holds entirely.
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