Re: What exactly does "supports Linux" mean?

From: Lionel Bouton (Lionel.Bouton@inet6.fr)
Date: Tue May 13 2003 - 10:07:27 EST


Richard B. Johnson wrote:

>If you really want it to work, try `insmod -f modulename.o`.[...]
>

Of course, don't do this unless you can live with the following :

1/ nobody will support you in this configuration.
2/ you have zero guarantee that your hardware will be supported in the
future (what will happen when you upgrade to a new kernel with different
interfaces and the vendor marketing folks decide that Linux support
isn't a good thing anymore ?).

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