Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Proper way to release binary driver? | Date | Sat, 7 Apr 2001 09:18:48 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> We had hoped that MODVERSIONS would allow us to provide a single (or at > most a few) binary driver. Kernels with even minor version numbers are > supposed to be stable (even if they are buggy) ie. not have wildly > changing kernel interfaces.
They have a stable API. THe ABI thing is an irrelevance to free software. avoiding the ABI compatibility mess is one of the great things free software lets you do.
Alan
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