So if we had a stable ABI the manufacturer writes a driver, ships, and forgets about it, and the driver just continues working when I update the OS. Thus, with

So if we had a stable ABI the manufacturer writes a driver, ships, and forgets about it, and the driver just continues working when I update the OS. Thus, with what you describe, the argument can be made that the Linux driver model doesn't appropriately take into consideration the incentives and needs of hardware manufacturers.