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Linux "enterprise" distributions update things for a long time without requiring support from the hardware vendor. Google's familiar with this approach, I hear
by greglindahl 9y ago
Linux "enterprise" distributions update things for a long time without requiring support from the hardware vendor.
Google's familiar with this approach, I hear that they backported x86-64 to an earlier kernel for years.
- ahartmetz 9y agoIn the embedded case, usually only vendors have (or used to have, who knows if they use source control) the source code. As I said, you have no idea how bad it is unless you've had to work with that crap. Maybe have a look at "Bad" in this classic. https://www.dolphin-emu.org/blog/2013/09/26/dolphin-emulator-and-opengl-drivers-hall-fameshame/?cr=de https://www.dolphin-emu.org/blog/2013/09/26/dolphin-emulator... Edit: right, you can backport fixes and features while keeping the ABI stable. That is what Google seems to be doing with Android kernels to some degree.