linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
There are a lot of device drivers that will never make it into the mainline kernel because they are for one-of-a-kind devices or boards that companies embed into their products. Nobody would even want a copy of the software to interface with something that they would never even have. When Version 2.6 started, it became necessary to use special tools and procedures to compile a module that was not inside the mainline kernel. However, it was still quite easy. Recently, somebody, apparently with an advanced degree in obfuscation, has made that more difficult. This is abuse, pure and simple. That, in my opinion, is one of the major reasons why people who use Linux in embedded systems end up using very old versions.
What are you talking about? There's nothing wrong with external module compilation in current kernels. You need about a 5-line makefile that calls the kernel build system, and it works fine.
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