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    Phoronix: Linux 2.6.32-rc4 Brings A Huge, Bloated Driver

    As another Sunday release, Linus has made the Linux 2.6.32-rc4 kernel release. 60% of the patch for this release is the result of the addition of a single new SCSI FC driver...

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    Worth noting from on the DRM side is that the ATI kernel mode-setting improvements talked about a few days ago were merged into this release candidate for Linux 2.6.32.
    Cool!

    I tried the Fedora 12 nightly build live cd, and it is so cool to see KMS in action.



    On my Radeon 3200, it goes into KMS within a second after boot.

    And for those following the artwork in Fedora: For the first time ever, the graphics and artwork is beautiful.

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    • #3
      Linus refers to this SCSI driver as being "huge and bloated", but he has vowed not to merge "drivers-from-hell" anymore.
      Does that mean it's huge and bloated because it deals with all possible things that could go wrong? Or, it is a driver from hell, but got merged anyway.

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      • #4
        It's time the kernel separates drivers/optional subsystems and core. Oh wait, that would require stable APIs, wouldn't it?

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        • #5
          Originally posted by greg View Post
          It's time the kernel separates drivers/optional subsystems and core. Oh wait, that would require stable APIs, wouldn't it?
          But they don't need to return to user space I guess.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by greg View Post
            It's time the kernel separates drivers/optional subsystems and core. Oh wait, that would require stable APIs, wouldn't it?
            What for? You don't have unused things loaded. Stable API is piece of 'bull'.

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            • #7
              Stable API is piece of 'bull'.
              I'm so tired of the FUD Greg KH is spreading.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by greg View Post
                I'm so tired of the FUD Greg KH is spreading.
                Or other people

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by greg View Post
                  I'm so tired of the FUD Greg KH is spreading.
                  And Linus. Man, if that guy thinks a stable API is so bad, why doesn't he just go write his own operating system!

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by krazy View Post
                    And Linus. Man, if that guy thinks a stable API is so bad, why doesn't he just go write his own operating system!

                    Who? Linus or Greg KH? Maybe you meant unstable API? :>

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