Re: Please release a stable kernel Linux 3.0

["Zoltán HUBERT" <zoltan.hubert@zzaero.com>]

On Tuesday 26 June 2007 13:59, Helge Hafting wrote:
> Zoltán HUBERT wrote:
> > Well, I'm using SuSE Pro 9.3 (excellent choice by the
> > way), coming with kernel 2.6.10-SuSE
> You either stick with SuSE 9.3 forever, or you
> *try* something newer to see if it works,

I did. It (2.6.15) didn't. Between 2.6.10 and 2.6.15 the 
suspend API changed. It was documented that it would change 
and break things and so it did. Is that what "stable" is 
about ?

> >> I don't think you'll find very
> >> many people on this list who gives a damn about the
> >> troubles of closed source driver developers.
> >
> > and what about their users ?
>
> Users of closed-source drivers get their support from
> the closed-source vendor - not from the kernel
> developers. It is that simple.

Translated: "It's not my fault"

> Again - this is how all operating systems works.

kernel 2.0/2.1 ?
Debian stable/testing/unstable ? 
FreeBSD 5.5/FreeBSD 6.2 ?

> If your vendor don't want to support you anymore, try
> getting the source.

I was asking for a stable kernel, like 2.4, 2.2, 2.0 were 
before. 2.6 is not. It's a great kernel, better than that 
of MacOS X, I never said you were doing a bad job, quite 
the contrary. I wouldn't be using Linux since 10 years if I 
thought it stinks. I never asked support for closed source 
drivers, only a stable kernel. 

Whatever "stable" means.


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