On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Les Mikesell wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > > > The difference is that closed source OS's rarely change their > > > > driver interfaces, so it would be extremely unusual for > > > > something that already works and I have put into production to > > > > suddenly fail due to an update. > > > I find this an astonishing assertion. Surely the Linux kernel > > > interface changes reasonably often? > > > > um ... no. the kernel *internal* interfaces may change, but the > > interface that is presented to the outside world is very stable. > > > > http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt > > > > That's fine if you believe that the linux kernel will always include > every device driver, filesystem, and feature you'll ever want. > Don't ask me to join you in that leap of faith (or arrogance, or > whatever it is that makes you think interoperability is > unnecessary)... what are you babbling about, les? all i did was clarify the distinction between the stability of the *internal* kernel interface and that of the *external* kernel interface. i said nothing whatsoever about driver support or interoperability. if i were you, i'd switch to decaf. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================
