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Novell Delivers Device Driver Breakthrough

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hopefully-the-companies-will-actually-start-writing-them dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Novell today announced a new Linux device driver process to make it easier for third party device driver writers to integrate their drivers with SUSE Linux." From the article: "The new driver process allows customers to obtain drivers independently of Novell® kernel updates and supplies a straightforward approach third parties can use when developing device drivers for Novell's SUSE® Linux Enterprise products. The new Linux driver process developed by Novell allows hardware and software vendors to provide Linux drivers and driver updates for their products to customers directly and transparently, in a way that is completely integrated with SUSE Linux Enterprise delivery and support."

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  1. oups! by McGiraf · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ_for _the_Partner_Linux_Driver_Process

  2. Something is breaking, that's for sure by Wesley+Felter · · Score: 5, Informative

    This "breakthrough" requires device vendors to recompile (and possibly port) their driver for every distro, every time that distro updates their kernel ABI. The only thing that has really changed seems to be that Novell will keep track of when the kernel ABI changes and notify driver developers.

  3. Re:Marketing blurb by McGiraf · · Score: 5, Informative

    No even an asbstation layer, they are just syncronising driver updates and kernel updates.