From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Slightly OT but interesting nonetheless...
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:12:32 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E8114F0.8080608@orlitzky.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <j5qme1$1vi$1@dough.gmane.org>
On 09/26/11 16:13, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
> That's hilarious.
>
> The Linux developers are _constantly_ changing APIs in ways that break
> existing device driver code. There are repeatedly wholesale
> re-designs of some APIs that happen between minor versions of a
> supposedly "stable" kernel.
>
> We have to touch our NetBSD and FreeBSD drivers maybe once every 3-4
> years. Often our Linux drivers have to be updated every 3-4 _months_
> to keep up with changes in the kernel that break things.
>
> I suppose one could try to claim that people who ship Linux drivers
> for their hardware aren't "users" of the kernel, and therefore our
> dealing with such breakage isn't a "user experience".
>
Contribute your drivers upstream. When the devs change an API, they'll
update your code for you.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-27 0:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-26 19:37 [gentoo-user] Slightly OT but interesting nonetheless pk
2011-09-26 19:44 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-26 20:13 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2011-09-27 0:12 ` Michael Orlitzky [this message]
2011-09-27 4:05 ` Grant Edwards
2011-09-27 16:54 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-27 17:07 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-27 17:22 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-27 17:43 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-27 18:24 ` Mark Knecht
2011-09-27 18:33 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-27 18:41 ` Mark Knecht
2011-09-27 17:03 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-09-27 17:10 ` Mark Knecht
2011-09-27 16:52 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-28 14:44 ` James
2011-09-28 16:54 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-29 13:10 ` Indi
2011-09-28 17:15 ` Grant Edwards
2011-09-29 16:19 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-29 16:26 ` Joerg Schilling
2011-09-29 16:30 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-29 16:55 ` Grant Edwards
2011-09-29 16:56 ` Grant Edwards
2011-09-29 0:27 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-09-29 16:20 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-30 0:45 ` Adam Carter
2011-09-30 1:04 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-09-30 1:34 ` Adam Carter
2011-09-30 2:29 ` Dale
2011-09-30 2:47 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-30 4:10 ` Dale
2011-09-26 20:16 ` [gentoo-user] " James Broadhead
2011-09-26 21:06 ` Jonas de Buhr
2011-09-26 21:45 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-26 22:21 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-09-27 7:45 ` Mick
2011-09-26 21:00 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-26 22:42 ` Dale
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