Robert P. J. Day wrote:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>>>> The difference is that closed source OS's rarely change their
>>>> driver interfaces, so it would be extremely unusual for
>>>> something that already works and I have put into production to
>>>> suddenly fail due to an update.
>>> I find this an astonishing assertion. Surely the Linux kernel
>>> interface changes reasonably often?
>> um ... no. the kernel *internal* interfaces may change, but the
>> interface that is presented to the outside world is very stable.
>>
>>
http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt
>>
> That's fine if you believe that the linux kernel will always include
> every device driver, filesystem, and feature you'll ever want.
> Don't ask me to join you in that leap of faith (or arrogance, or
> whatever it is that makes you think interoperability is
> unnecessary)...
what are you babbling about, les? all i did was clarify the
distinction between the stability of the *internal* kernel interface
and that of the *external* kernel interface. i said nothing
whatsoever about driver support or interoperability.
Errr, what? How can you say that the internal kernel interface does not
relate to the drivers that use them?
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Les Mikesell
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