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Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

Posted Dec 14, 2006 4:45 UTC (Thu) by beoba (guest, #16942)
In reply to: Binary-only kernel modules may be banned by drag
Parent article: Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

If we wanted maximum hardware support, we'd be using Windows.


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Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

Posted Dec 14, 2006 6:08 UTC (Thu) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

Windows does not have "maximum hardware support". It wins on the "latest-and-greatest" but loses (big time) on totally-obsoleted-two-year-old-pieces-of-hardware...

Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

Posted Dec 14, 2006 14:10 UTC (Thu) by beoba (guest, #16942) [Link]

Oooh. That's true.

Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

Posted Dec 14, 2006 14:14 UTC (Thu) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]

Agreed. Of course this is one of the benefits of open drivers as well.

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