Donald Becker wrote:
> It must have seemed like a good idea in Autumn '99, when the kernel was
> "just about to be frozen" in preparation for late-'99 2.4 release, and money
> was pouring into anything with "Linux" in the name, to believe that my
> Ethernet driver development could be better done elsewhere. There were many
> companies that could suddenly see that PR value in contributing to the
> kernel. And certainly there are developers that want to see everything
> brought under the central planning of the linux-kernel list. But replacing
> my efforts is perhaps not as easy as it first appears. Nonetheless, the
> decision was made months ago, and it would be very difficult to reverse it now.
Oh good grief, save the conspiracies for X-Files.
I won't speak for the motivations of others, but for me the 2.3.x kernel
net drivers weren't getting updated, so I decided to play a small part
in correcting that situation.
This has nothing to do with money, or control. Just broken drivers.
Jeff
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