Re:Standards. (Score 1)

I agree that support at the kernel level is best for most hardware. In fact, I still don't understand what hardware vendors feel they lose by giving away the information as to how the device is accessed. I remember using this type of info back on my Apple ][ + to use stuff from BASIC, so it's not exactly a new idea. Given that we now have a push towards standards, it seems vendors would have everything to gain by letting people see this. Given enough demand for the product, Linux drivers would likely be written independently, saving the vendors the trouble of supporting another OS.