05/11/09 17:38:39 SUskJ4qV
Re:Only one word (Score:5, Informative)
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Not just Heresy, but Linus has said directly that he doesn't want
a stable binary kernel driver API percisely so that people *can't*
write binary drivers for Linux.
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Re:Only one word (Score:5, Insightful)
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A stable binary kernel driver API would have the following effects:
* There would be no incentive for companies to make their drivers Free Software
* There would be no way to fix bugs in the drivers which would cause Linux to
crash more often
* There would be no way to verify that the drivers were free from security flaws
(e.g. buffer overflows), nor would there be a way to check for malicious behavior
(e.g. rootkits, like the Sony CD driver)
* There would be greater vendor hardware support
In other words, it would turn Linux into the same kind of piece of shit
that Windows is, and defeat the entire purpose of using it!