Linux 2.6.32-rc4 Brings A Huge, Bloated Driver

[Apopas]

Stable API? That thing that window$ have as well and work so good? I think we should buy it as well guys...

[kraftman]

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? :>

[krazy]

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!

[kraftman]

I'm so tired of the FUD Greg KH is spreading.

Or other people

[greg]

Stable API is piece of 'bull'.

I'm so tired of the FUD Greg KH is spreading.

[kraftman]

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'.

[sabriah]

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.

[greg]

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

[oliver]

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.

[Louise]

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.

http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/

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.