Re: Proper way to release binary driver?

From: Henning P. Schmiedehausen (hps@intermeta.de)
Date: Mon Apr 09 2001 - 08:11:12 EST

Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

>> We had hoped that MODVERSIONS would allow us to provide a single (or at
>> most a few) binary driver. Kernels with even minor version numbers are
>> supposed to be stable (even if they are buggy) ie. not have wildly
>> changing kernel interfaces.

>They have a stable API. THe ABI thing is an irrelevance to free software.
>avoiding the ABI compatibility mess is one of the great things free
>software lets you do.

^free^open source

        Ciao
                Henning 

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