Fedora - DELL ?

[Les Mikesell]

Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>>
>> Why does the driver interface have to change from kernal release to
>> release anyway?
> 
> Maybe you might want to check out if that actually happens before
> running your mouth/fingers about it.

You can get a pretty good hint from the number of complaints about 
nvidia, ati, and vmware drivers after fedora kernel updates.

>> Develop a universal driver interface and leave it alone, then the
>> hardware vendors will not have to keep re-inventing the wheel
>> everytime a new version of the kernal comes out.
> 
> You assume they do. Any evidence?

That's one of the biggest difference between fedora and RHEL - and why 
RHEL is worth more.  RHEL makes the effort to freeze the interface so 
third party modules continue to work after a kernel update within the 
same major version.

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   Les Mikesell
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