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Re: Drivers of DF


From: Tero Mäntyvaara <termant@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:06:06 +0200

So driver have to be modified for every new release, possibly two times
per year? Isn't this a problem? How long a release is bug-fixed? Until
new release?

Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
> Tero Mäntyvaara wrote:
>> Are driver binaries of older versions of DF kernels compatible to newer
>> versions?
> 
> no.  drivers are only source-level compatible within one release.  APIs
> are free to change between releases.  ABI compatibility is given also
> only for releases.
> 
> cheers
>  simon
> 



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