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Re: [opensuse] Novell announces new Linux driver process.
- From: Marcus Meissner <meissner@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 17:39:25 +0200
- Message-id: <20060518153925.GA3397@xxxxxxx>
On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 01:30:54PM -0200, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> >
> >Since I am a kernel programmer, please let me explain. The 2.6 kernel
> >series has been going through a remarkably fast evolution since the
> >2.6.0 release in December 2003. This speed was only possible because
> >the internal kernel interfaces could be changed continuously to match
> >newer requirements.
>
> Is there any hope to make kernel external driver API (must have stable
> interfaces) for third party developers (like nvidia & vmware) - so
> that their drivers will work well with *all* distros and *all* future
> versions?
No.
Ciao, Marcus
> >
> >Since I am a kernel programmer, please let me explain. The 2.6 kernel
> >series has been going through a remarkably fast evolution since the
> >2.6.0 release in December 2003. This speed was only possible because
> >the internal kernel interfaces could be changed continuously to match
> >newer requirements.
>
> Is there any hope to make kernel external driver API (must have stable
> interfaces) for third party developers (like nvidia & vmware) - so
> that their drivers will work well with *all* distros and *all* future
> versions?
No.
Ciao, Marcus
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