Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jun 2004 01:44:50 +0100 | | From | viro@parcelfa ... | | Subject | Re: Stop the Linux kernel madness |
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On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 05:09:17PM -0700, 4Front Technologies wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I am writing this message to bring a huge problem to light. SuSE has been > systematically > forking the linux kernel and shipping all kinds of modifications and still > call their > kernels 2.6.5 (for example). > > Either they ship the stock Linux kernel sources or they stop calling their > distributions > as Linux-2.6.x based. > > Kernel headers are being changed willy-nilly and SuSE are completely > running rough-shod > over the linux kernel with the result ONLY software from SuSE works.
"Software" == "3rd-party kernel modules" in this case, right?
Remember what had been told to you about in-kernel interfaces? That's right, that they can be changed at zero notice. Now, if SuSE told you otherwise, you might have a cause to complain. Had they?
If they'd promised in-kernel interface stability and lied - sure, go ahead and nail them to the wall. If not - STFU and eat what you are bloody given.
Al, not particulary fond of SuSE, but even less so - of misdirecting wankers like that... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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