Kernel source -- CASE IN POINT (does anyone remember the original thread?)

[Arjan van de Ven]

> Then Arjan makes an assumption, lashes at nVidia for _mainboard_vendor_
> created issues (which nVidia _does_ work with the kernel team on):  
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/amd64-list/2006-April/msg00013.html  

no you made the assumption that I was blaming nvidia for not keeping the
other driver uptodate. I was blaming having a binary driver at all (or I
could even go as far as having an external other driver) for causing
users not to report errors or even wanting to help fix things.

Different beasts.