Hi David.
>> Hardware vendors can not expect users to know about
>> compiling. It would be very dangerous to have hardware
>> vendors supplying whole kernel upgrades, but what else
>> can they do?
> There really is not a whole lot preventing the "install"
> script on a driver cdrom from building the kernel module
> from source. It can even pop up a little "building driver
> module" dialogue with a cute little thermometer moving
> along as the thing builds itself. :-)
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> I mean, am I the only person for whom this strikes them as
> being desirable? :-)
There's at least two people who agree with you here...
Best wishes from Riley.
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