From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753668Ab2B0LSB (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:18:01 -0500 Received: from esgaroth.petrovitsch.at ([78.47.184.11]:1226 "EHLO esgaroth.petrovitsch.priv.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753591Ab2B0LR6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:17:58 -0500 X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 unknown-host q1RBHnBD002693 Subject: Re: Can we move device drivers into user-space? From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: Jidong Xiao Cc: Greg KH , Kernel development list Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:17:51 +0100 In-Reply-To: References: <20120224153811.GA16535@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.0.3 (3.0.3-1.fc15) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1330341472.17330.20.camel@thorin> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-DCC-URT-Metrics: esgaroth.petrovitsch.priv.at; whitelist Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fre, 2012-02-24 at 11:38 -0500, Jidong Xiao wrote: [...] > Although I was asking "can we" do something, I am not actually > strongly in favor of either move or not move, as indeed it costs too > much to do the moving job. You obviously missed a crucial point in the little corner "LKML" of the universe: You are (automatically, implicitly) expected to start the work and produce patches and keep on working on it and actually *do* the job. If only to show that you are serious, that the "ideas" are actually useful and you are not just trolling around. Possibly people will help you though. Quoting some studies is nice for reference (implying that they are relevant and applicable which should be checked before blindly believing in it) but most here have read too many "studies" to be impressed any number of them. That's usually worded in (and meant with) "show patches" or "try it out" or "talk is cheap, show me the code". Bernd -- Bernd Petrovitsch Email : bernd@petrovitsch.priv.at LUGA : http://www.luga.at