AMD responds to Linux kernel maintainer's rejection of AMDGPU patch
I really don't understand why AMD cares so much about getting their driver upstreamed. If their code doesn't meet the kernel standards and they don't want to fix it then just package it up as kernel module and ship it like Nvidia does. Distributions will package it using DKMS and other than some occasional troubleshooting they wont even notice. It's really no difference than Windows in that respect.<p>His arguments seem really weak. Apparently the AMD team believes that the kernel should accept this code despite it not meeting their standards because:<p>* Otherwise they'll write angry blog posts about how mean the kernel maintainers are.<p>* They're a primarily Windows shop.<p>* They don't have the resources to do it right.<p>* They don't have the time to do it right.<p>* They're 'trying' to do the right thing.<p>* They believe that AMD is a big enough company to get special treatment.<p>* "But Andrrroid gets special treatment"<p>* There are lots of people with unreleased hardware that desperately need driver support.<p>* They're doing in wrong, but the current kernel maintainers are doing it wrong  in a different way so it should be okay.<p>* Graphics drivers are what's preventing the 'year of the Linux desktop'.