Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Q]: Linux and real device drivers | Date | Tue, 28 Sep 1999 19:28:27 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> the 2.0 series, stability has suffered.) I'd claim that it really isn't > that difficult to lock down internal interfaces during a stable kernel > release, and allow manufacturers to release device drivers that work > against 2.2 kernels. If they need to rewrite their drivers for the 2.4 > kernels, fine.
It isnt trivial. To start with the build type matters
Its SMP (Y/N) x CPUtype(4) x Compiler(2) = 16 modules
for the base combinations of a kernel set. Some structs depend on the config options too - not always sensibly.
Alan
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