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DrillShopper has already posted (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42979848 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42979848) the technical reason on why Linux
by zinekeller 2y ago
DrillShopper has already posted (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42979848 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42979848) the technical reason on why Linux does not do it this way: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/process/stable-api-...
Additionally, there is politics in play here. Not the politics that is normally discussed outside of HN, but the politics of having companies (at least) release the detailed specifications of their hardware. I cannot really state authoritatively what the Linux developers think on this side, but Linus brandishing his middle finger to Nvidia (https://youtu.be/MShbP3OpASA?si=GJ1_0B81b7bFY_iZ&t=2890 https://youtu.be/MShbP3OpASA?si=GJ1_0B81b7bFY_iZ&t=2890) says a lot of things.