On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 09:48 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > It would be nice if everything worked out of the box, but the Linux > kernel folks have never felt bound to provide stable kernel interfaces > for drivers, leading to constant and routine need for users to source > newer versions of third party drivers (if they even exist) that have > been updated to the new interface change. > > Consider: what's changed? NVidia's driver? No. Your laptop hardware? No. > What's changed is the Linux kernel interface. Thanks Linus! Having a stable in-kernel API is complete nonsense. It would function only to harm further kernel development. The easiest way to keep your out-of-tree driver updated to the new kernel changes is - guess what? - Get it *into* the upstream kernel tree! See Grek KH's webpage on this for more information: http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/stable_api_nonsense.html -- Peter Gordon (codergeek42) GnuPG Public Key ID: 0xFFC19479 / Fingerprint: DD68 A414 56BD 6368 D957 9666 4268 CB7A FFC1 9479 My Blog: http://thecodergeek.com/blog/
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