On Mon, 2006-02-06 20:39:37 +0100, Martin Mares <[email protected]> wrote: > > And then think, why do you need to _build_ drivers in the first place. > > Wouldn't it be better to have one vmware.ko which insmod's with all > > 2.6 versions , from 2.6.0 to 2.6.16-rc2 , and throw "upgrade pain" > > away completely ? > > Well, you want the vmware.ko to contain machine code for at least 17 > different architecture the kernel runs on? ;-) I think we will first need to hack binutils. The last time I heared about it, Fat Binaries weren't implemented (only containing object code for two different architectures), let alone for _all_ architectures... Even getting all GCCs to compile with the same version would be an adventure... MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw [email protected] . +49-172-7608481 _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg _ _ O für einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! | im Irak! O O O ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA));
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