If you have a binary blob that works only in conjunction with the specific kernel version 3.14.69 with a specific patch set, is that then a driver for Linux? It

If you have a binary blob that works only in conjunction with the specific kernel version 3.14.69 with a specific patch set, is that then a driver for Linux? It comes down to what information you are trying to convey and what the receiver understands. If you say something is a "driver for Linux", then that unqualified statements implies that you can grab Linux and combine them with the driver and make it work, which is not true. There are drivers for Linux which work on virtually any kernel version. In contrast, the blobs that are in Android are binary blobs that happen to work with one specific kernel binary, they are not drivers for Linux.