On Sunday 20 August 2006 10:54, Dieter wrote: > > > AFAICU, the reason behind no specified ABI (outside the kernel) is > > that the kernel coders wishes to have the freedom to change them > > without being tied to backwards-compatibility problems... I.e. they > > are not doing this to "discourage" binary-only modules/drivers... > > That's the stated reason, which may or may not be the real reason. > > If it is the real reason, it doesn't speak well of their ability to > design an interface if they are constantly having to change it in > ways that break backwards-compatibility.
Do you know what a graphics card will look like in five years? That's about 8 generations of hardware. I doubt you'll be able to design an interface now that will remain perfectly adequate over that timeframe... Lourens
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