8 May
2017
8 May
'17
9:11 a.m.
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On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Bill Kontos vkontogpls@gmail.com wrote:
I think arm has open source kernel drivers but there is no way they will get mainlined any time soon. The question is, how much does the userland blob do
everything. the open source kernel "driver" cannot actually be called a "driver" at all. it is nothing more than a gateway to the actual hardware. peripherals on ARM are memory-mapped: the "driver" simply provides access to the shared memory region (plus maybe handles some interrupts).
this is a constant source of confusion with people believing that just because the "shim" has been released, somehow magically it's all okay.
l.