nanogui@linuxhacker.org

On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Jordan Crouse wrote:
> You should always use kernel drivers when you can.  Not only does the
> kernel provide better support and infrastrucure for handling hardware
> events, it also maintains consistancy with the Linux model.

I agree totally. Be careful not to say so on the LKML though unless you
have asbestos underpants on ;) The more common view seems to be that if a
driver can possibly be implemented in user space without incurring a major
performance impact, it should be.

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