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On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> But when you ask them about support for the new kernels, the answer is "we |
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> are annoyed by the kernel development process; they change the internal API |
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> all the time, it's annoying." |
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> I think it's time for the kernel devs to apologize to VMWare and to promise |
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> that they won't be so annoying anymore in the future. We can't let VMWare |
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> getting annoyed, now can we. |
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read "stable-api-nonsense.txt" in any kernel source directory. That's the |
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way it works. If VMWare doesn't like it, that's tough. They DO have the |
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option of putting their entire code base in the kernel tree like every other |
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driver that is already there, but they have chosen not to. That's their |
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choice and no-one forced them to do it. Now they have to live with that |
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choice and stop whinging. |
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Linux existed long before VMWare came along. It will likely still exist long |
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after VMWare has gone away. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |