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The Linux kernel community recently started offering Linux-compatible device drivers free of charge for all hardware companies. This information was posted on Greg Kroah-Hartman’s blog, a well known kernel developer.
“All that is needed is some kind of specification that describes how your device works, or the e-mail address of an engineer that is willing to answer questions every once in a while. A few sample devices might be good to have so that debugging doesn’t have to be done by e-mail, but if necessary, that can be done,” said Hartman.
“In return, you will receive a complete and working Linux driver that is added to the main Linux kernel source tree. The driver will be written by some of the members of the Linux kernel developer community (over 1500 strong and growing). This driver will then be automatically included in all Linux distributions, including the “enterprise” ones. It will be automatically kept up to date and working through all Linux kernel API changes. This driver will work with all of the different CPU types supported by Linux, the largest number of CPU types supported by any operating system ever before in the history of computing,” continued Hartman.
This new initiative from the linux kernel development community, could allow users to shift away from proprietary platforms. Lack of driver support was one of the things that was choking earlier Linux distributions, however, this initiative, breathes new life into Linux, and what it can become.
This offer is in effect for all different types of devices, from USB toys to PCI video devices to high-speed networking cards. “If you manufacture it, we can get Linux drivers working for it,” said Hartman.
Kroah-Hartman is the Linux community-sanctioned kernel maintainer for the PCI, USB, IC, driver core, and the sysfs kernel subsystems. He also is the maintainer of the linux-hotplug and udev projects.
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