On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > >> 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 > > Did you actually read this article that you quoted? > ------------------------------ > You think you want a stable kernel interface, but you really do not, and > you don't even know it. What you want is a stable running driver, and > you get that only if your driver is in the main kernel tree. > ------------------------------ > > As I understand it, this discussion is about drivers > that are _not_ in the main kernel tree. > > I quite often compile the orinoco_usb module, > which is not in the kernel tree, > and quite recent versions of this fail to compile with new kernels > (eg 2.6.23 as compared with 2.6.20). if you read my earlier post, i very explicitly mentioned that i was discussing in-tree drivers. if you insist on keeping your driver out of tree, then *of course* you'll run into trouble when internal kernel interfaces change. did you expect anything different? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================
