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SubjectRe: Linux drivers management
On Mon, 2006-02-06 20:39:37 +0100, Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz> wrote:
> > And then think, why do you need to _build_ drivers in the first place.
> > Wouldn't it be better to have one vmware.ko which insmod's with all
> > 2.6 versions , from 2.6.0 to 2.6.16-rc2 , and throw "upgrade pain"
> > away completely ?
>
> Well, you want the vmware.ko to contain machine code for at least 17
> different architecture the kernel runs on? ;-)

I think we will first need to hack binutils. The last time I heared
about it, Fat Binaries weren't implemented (only containing object
code for two different architectures), let alone for _all_
architectures...

Even getting all GCCs to compile with the same version would be an
adventure...

MfG, JBG

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