On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 11:41 -0400, Kenneth Schneider wrote: > On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 17:16 +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > > Since I am a kernel programmer, please let me explain. The 2.6 kernel > > series has been going through a remarkably fast evolution since the > > 2.6.0 release in December 2003. This speed was only possible because > > the internal kernel interfaces could be changed continuously to match > > newer requirements. All in-kernel drivers were automatically adapted > > to the new interfaces on each change, so this was no problem. External > > drivers, on the other hand, suffer with each interface change. That's > > why all kernel developers want drivers to be submitted to the standard > > kernel as soon as possible. Note that so-called stable series (e.g. > > 2.6.16 -> 2.6.16.12) used in Linux distributions almost never change > > any interfaces. > > One more thing, keep up the good work and keep in mind that there will always be people the will moan, groan, bitch and complain about interoperability only because we do not know the full inner workings of the kernel.
-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
