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linux kernel monkey log: OSDL and a Binary Kernel Driver Layer

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Greg Kroah-Hartman
Nov 10, 2005

“OSDL has many different member companies, and a number of
different ‘sister’ organizations in different countries. It appears
that the Japan OSDL group is having a hard time coming to grips
with exactly how the whole Open Source development process works,
and the current OSDL management group does not seem to be doing a
good job in educating them about this. Case in point, a number of
months ago, OSDL’s director of engineering posted this public
message, asking for help with a ‘Generic Kernel API’ that would
somehow provide a ‘stable kernel api’ for companies to use.

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