linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
There are a lot of device drivers that will never make it into the
mainline kernel because they are for one-of-a-kind devices or boards
that companies embed into their products. Nobody would even want a
copy of the software to interface with something that they would
never even have. When Version 2.6 started, it became necessary to
use special tools and procedures to compile a module that was not
inside the mainline kernel. However, it was still quite easy. Recently,
somebody, apparently with an advanced degree in obfuscation, has made
that more difficult. This is abuse, pure and simple. That, in my
opinion, is one of the major reasons why people who use Linux in
embedded systems end up using very old versions.
What are you talking about? There's nothing wrong with external module
compilation in current kernels. You need about a 5-line makefile that
calls the kernel build system, and it works fine.
--
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