Comment by lmz
13 years ago
Linus is talking about userspace binary compatibility. Your graphics drivers are relying on kernel module binary compatibility, which is not guaranteed.
13 years ago
Linus is talking about userspace binary compatibility. Your graphics drivers are relying on kernel module binary compatibility, which is not guaranteed.
Yes, but without working drivers for my system, what good is user space binary compatibility? MS has maintained compatibly for their drivers, something kernel developers seem to careless about. Which was exactly the point of the original poster.