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> E.g. would Linux accept code for drivers / architectures that are not available to the public? Drivers is an unequivocal "yes". Here's an example -- from Goo

> E.g. would Linux accept code for drivers / architectures that are not available to the public? Drivers is an unequivocal "yes". Here's an example -- from Google, in fact: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e561bc45920aade3f8a5aad9058a00e750af1345 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e561bc45920aade3f8a... Architectures is less likely. But the pendulum has swung away from "making your own architecture" anyways.

b-rian 5y ago
But hey, even with that example, the same mechanism got adapted to Chromebooks+Coreboot and now uses that same driver here: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d384d6f43d1ec3f1225ab0275fd592c5980bd830 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d384d6f43d1ec3f1225...