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[Les Mikesell]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Les Mikesell wrote:
> 
>> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>>>>> The difference is that closed source OS's rarely change their
>>>>> driver interfaces, so it would be extremely unusual for
>>>>> something that already works and I have put into production to
>>>>> suddenly fail due to an update.
>>>> I find this an astonishing assertion. Surely the Linux kernel
>>>> interface changes reasonably often?
>>> um ... no.  the kernel *internal* interfaces may change, but the
>>> interface that is presented to the outside world is very stable.
>>>
>>> http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt
>>>
>> That's fine if you believe that the linux kernel will always include
>> every device driver, filesystem, and feature you'll ever want.
>> Don't ask me to join you in that leap of faith (or arrogance, or
>> whatever it is that makes you think interoperability is
>> unnecessary)...
> 
> what are you babbling about, les?  all i did was clarify the
> distinction between the stability of the *internal* kernel interface
> and that of the *external* kernel interface.  i said nothing
> whatsoever about driver support or interoperability.

Errr, what? How can you say that the internal kernel interface does not 
relate to the drivers that use them?

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com