The interface IS the source code [LWN.net]

The interface IS the source code

Posted Apr 21, 2006 17:35 UTC (Fri) by dododge (subscriber, #2870)
In reply to: The interface IS the source code by oak
Parent article: Some notes on Linux and free drivers

> Hm. What was preventing you from upgrading to newer kernel/modules
> in Breezy repositories?

He may have been talking about the installer kernel itself. For example
if the kernel that boots from the install CD doesn't have a recent enough
driver to be able to reliably access your SATA chipset, you're going to
have a hard time installing the base system onto a SATA drive in the first
place.

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The interface IS the source code

Posted Apr 28, 2006 4:39 UTC (Fri) by turpie (guest, #5219) [Link]

How often does that actually happen?
I would think that usually you would be able to install an older distribution and then upgrade the kernel to get support for peripherals.