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>as an effort to make the cost of keeping drivers closed-source high I don't think it is intentional. Linux development is very pragmatic, they just want to ha
by garaetjjte 6y ago
>as an effort to make the cost of keeping drivers closed-source high
I don't think it is intentional. Linux development is very pragmatic, they just want to have freedom to refactor anything without caring about stable kernel APIs.
- fakename11 6y agoIt's somewhat pragmatic for the Linux developers. Support a stable kernel API probably wouldn't be that expensive. It's clearly a political decision against writing close source code that does anything low level.
- alisonkisk 6y agoHow is it clear?
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- ClumsyPilot 6y agoI am not sure why the comment is being downvoted - thats exactly what it is, a political decision to force companies to produce open drivers.
- joelellis 6y agoBecause of this unsubstantiated and baseless claim: > Support a stable kernel API probably wouldn't be that expensive
- young_unixer 6y agoIronically, they care a lot about stability towards user space interfaces, to the point that bugs become features if someone depends on them, but they don't care about driver interfaces being stable.
- kevincox 6y agoThis seems like a win-win. The kernel developers are free to refactor as they need to keep the quality and velocity high and companies are incentivized to upstream patches including making drivers in-kernel.