Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 2 Dec 2003 20:13:02 +0100 | From | Jan-Benedict Glaw <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4 future |
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On Tue, 2003-12-02 11:09:28 -0800, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote in message <Pine.LNX.4.58.0312021101440.1519@home.osdl.org>:
> stable ABI for kernel modules, and in fact I'm actively against even > _trying_. I want people to be very much aware of the fact that kernel > internals do change, and that this will continue.
<AOL> me too! </AOL> I totally agree.
> There are no good excuses for binary modules. Some of them may be > technically legal (by virtue of not being derived works) and allowed, but > even when they are legal they are a major pain in the ass, and always > horribly buggy.
Thanks a lot for this clarification. Webmaster, please note it down on www.kernel.org's front index.html!
MfG, JBG
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