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On 09/26/11 16:13, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> That's hilarious. |
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> The Linux developers are _constantly_ changing APIs in ways that break |
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> existing device driver code. There are repeatedly wholesale |
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> re-designs of some APIs that happen between minor versions of a |
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> supposedly "stable" kernel. |
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> We have to touch our NetBSD and FreeBSD drivers maybe once every 3-4 |
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> years. Often our Linux drivers have to be updated every 3-4 _months_ |
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> to keep up with changes in the kernel that break things. |
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> I suppose one could try to claim that people who ship Linux drivers |
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> for their hardware aren't "users" of the kernel, and therefore our |
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> dealing with such breakage isn't a "user experience". |
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Contribute your drivers upstream. When the devs change an API, they'll |
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update your code for you. |
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