Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.3.51 tulip broken | Date | Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:30:12 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Jim Morris <Jim@Morris.net> said:
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> I hate the fact that lately, it seems the attitude of Linux kernel > development has seemed to be "screw the stable kernel tree". Too many > driver fixes, etc, make it into the 2.3.xx kernel, and not into the > 2.2.xx source, I think. I have yet to see a good solid explanation for > breaking driver compatibility between 2.2 and 2.3.
Sorry to contradict you, but Linux has been _always_ this way. There are ongoing efforts on 2.2.x and 2.0.x bug fixes, still strong for 2.2 but rather low-level in 2.0.
Driver compatibility was broken every single time the middle digit went from one stable series to the next. In any case, tell me of _one_ system where you can just drop in the fresh out of the editor, latest & greatest, driver into your 2 or 3 year old setup and have it work.
Get real. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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