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From: "Henrik Rydberg" <rydberg@euromail.se>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:49:30 +0100
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: Can we move device drivers into user-space?
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On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 02:20:34PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:14:59PM +0100, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> > The main issue that set me off has been sufficiently diluted in the
> > (selective) discussion so as to no longer make sense as a reply: At
> > some point, in-tree or out-of-tree will no longer be distinguishable,
> > and the question is if/when/why something would/should happen as a
> > consequence. A matter of politics, if you will. It seemed like an
> > honest question starting this thread, and I think it is fair to keep
> > it in mind as such.
> 
> If something happens to require such a change in the future, we will
> deal with it, at that time.  Remember the rule, "Linux is evolution, not
> intelligent design."

Who "we" is is exactly the point.

For the not-so-important record, evolution does actually create
intelligent designs.

Thanks,
Henrik