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This just up on slashdot<br><br>
<font size=3><i>"Not only is
<a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/11/0048247/DRBD-To-Be-Included-In-Linux-Kernel-2633">
DRBD to be included in the Linux 2.6.33 kernel</a>, but so is the
<a href="http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/">Nouveau driver</a>. The Nouveau
driver is the free software driver that was created by clean-room reverse
engineering NVIDIA's binary Linux driver. It has been in development for
several years with 2D, 3D, and video support. The DRM component is
<a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nzc5NQ">
set to enter the Linux 2.6.33 kernel</a> as a staging driver. This is
coming as a surprise move after yesterday
<a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nzc5MA">
Linus began ranting over Red Hat not upstreaming Nouveau</a> and then Red
Hat
<a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nzc5Mg">
attributing this delay to microcode issues</a>. The microcode issue is
temporarily worked around by removing it from the driver itself and using
the kernel's firmware loader to insert this potentially copyrighted work
instead."</i> </font></body>
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