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RedHat’s policy is no out of tree kernel modules, so it would not have made a difference.
by ryao 1y ago
RedHat’s policy is no out of tree kernel modules, so it would not have made a difference.
- ghaff 1y agoIt’s not like Red Hat had/has no influence over what makes it into mainline. But the options for copy on write were either relatively immature or had license issues in their view.
- ryao 1y agoTheir view is that if it is out of tree, they will not support it. This supersedes any discussion of license. Even out of tree GPL drivers are not supported by RedHat.