On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Marcus Meissner wrote: > > The stable kernel ABI won't happen (soon), the changing ABI is used > > to make it difficult to provide binary only kernel modules and it's > > getting more difficult every time. > > The goal of the changing ABI is however not to break binary only drivers, > but to make the Linux kernel stay fast, clean, and innovating.
That's correct, it's not the goal but a wanted side effect that is promoted actively in the last months (I'm reading the kernel mailing list since 1993 and these issues get overheated once in a while). > > I'm personally searching for a laptop with GPL only drivers and that's > > not easy, it used to be GPL only drivers in the past when you bought > > a laptop which supported Linux but this is not always the case these > > days. And I don't want to be stuck with an older or specific distribution > > just because then all my hardware will work. Any tips are appreciated! > > Especially WLAN and graphics card requirements have crept in... yes. > Previously it was just winmodems... And I don't care about a modem but do care about WLAN and graphics. Card readers are also an issue, as is working suspend. Leaves my question: which laptops are/will be SUSE certified who only need open source drivers? Especially with 10.1 on the horizon without binary modules out of the box this will become a FAQ. > Ciao, Marcus Best regards, Aschwin Marsman -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marsman.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
