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> I generally agree with Linus's opinion regarding breaking comparability. Linus, the guy who doesn't give a shit about breaking the ABI of drivers.
by saahtb 9y ago
> I generally agree with Linus's opinion regarding breaking comparability.
Linus, the guy who doesn't give a shit about breaking the ABI of drivers.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y agoYeah, I also don't care for that, but I can't argue that that policy hasn't achieved its goals. The Linux kernel has more and better driver support than any other open source OS and also most closed source ones.
- vetinari 9y agoThe driver ABI is not a part of the compatibility promise, it is an internal API. However, the folks who break internal APIs also fix the users of these APIs -- if they are available to them. If they are not, tough luck, if you want to keep the driver to yourself, you get to keep all the broken pieces too.