On 24-Jan-2006 Sergei Steshenko wrote: > 1) we have an IDE drive separated from the CPU by IDE bus. The IDE drive > runs closed-source firmware, which is in terms of the controller inside the > drive still software. There is no fuss about it; > > 2) we have a WiFi card or an audio card - both sitting on PCI bus, i.e. they > are separated from the CPU by PCI bus. If the cards are running closed source > software (their respective drivers) there is a fuss about it. > > Comparing the above two I'd say that the difference is IDE bus vs. PCI bus. > > So, why do we have such a discrimination here. Aren't buses and drivers > created > equal ?
No, because the firmware runs on the device, while the driver runs on the CPU and it's linked to the kernel. -- Giuliano. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
