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0 pointstasogare6y ago0 comments

Why Linux doesn't have a driver framework? That's seems the problem here. It exists in Windows, FreeBSD and probably elsewhere too.

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adrianN6y ago· 2 in thread

To encourage people to either open source their drivers so that they can be maintained inside the kernel tree, or to pay the cost of updating their stuff themselves so that Linux kernel hackers don't have to pay for backwards compatibility.

pjmlp6y ago

It does wonders for those stuck with AMD cards on their laptops not supported by the open sourced driver.

underlines6y ago

if i understand the discussion correctly user space drivers could not help, right? and sadly, user space drivers in android are fairly limited.

https://developer.android.com/things/sdk/drivers

the_why_of_y6y ago

http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/stable_api_nonsense.html

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