Re: [Re: Linux headed for disaster?] -- I don't think so.
Stefan Monnier (monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@tequila.cs.yale.edu)
08 Dec 1999 19:39:55 -0500
>>>>> "Mark" == Mark H Wood <mwood@IUPUI.Edu> writes:
> On 5 Dec 1999, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> Think about it some more: if you have the source code for it,
>> why would you bother with the trouble of providing binary
>> compatibility ?
> Because you'd rather improve the internals of your driver than spend all
> your time tracking kernel changes? Whenever this argument breaks out, I
Reread what I wrote: I was talking about *binary* compatibility.
What you're talking about only requires *source* compatibility.
Stefan
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