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Ask HN: Why no stable binary kernel interface for drivers?

Linux does not have a stable binary kernel interface for drivers. This enforces either that all the drivers must be in the kernel source tree or that drivers become broken with kernel updates.

I don't want to have a political debate here about free software. But I can see ideological reasons for how Linux try to force hardware manufacturers to share the code for their drivers.

The (proprietary) driver issue is a big pain for people who want to use Linux for desktop as a workstation e.g. development. I would say that it is the biggest obstacle for adaption of Linux desktop.

Why couldn't we have long term supported kernels with decoupled drivers?

Discussion: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1604.0/00998.html

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