On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Jeff Rollin wrote:

> On 01/09/06, Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>
>>  so, should I then switch to Linux because they do welcome
>> 'vendor written drivers'?
>
>
> If by 'vendor-written drivers' you mean binary-only drivers, then no, the
> linux kernel developers emphatically do not accept them. They would much
> prefer that all vendors release open source drivers, since (amongst other
> things) if they do, that means they (the LKD's) will be responsible for
> making sure that when the device driver ABI changes, all open-source drivers
> are rewritten and recompiled to work with that version of the kernel.

Nope, definitely not binary-only ... I meant source code drivers provided 
by a vendor, and supported by them ... apologies if I gave the impression 
that "binary-only drivers" where acceptable :(