Novell Delivers Device Driver Breakthrough

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."

Comments

Re:Looks like an update to YaST.

[kimvette]

So in essence this is the breakthrough?

installation_sources -a ftp://ftp.foovendor.com/driver-repository/

Nothing new there.

Re:Completelyoff-topic but

[pwnawannab]

I was just looking for a way to run HL2 on SuSE10. How doyoudo it on Linux?
This is one of the things that stops me from getting rid of Win boot on my PC. (and poor support for ATI TV card, and wireless).... groan...

Re:Something is breaking, that's for sure

[TorAvalon]

This should be on one of the ILUVLINUX sites. Imagine getting the software free but having to hire a professional to get the drivers working. Sweet, I remember when I picked up my PC, I turned it on and was working and printing on it 5 minutes. I would have loved to wait for a Linux developer(What is that exactly? who certifies one?)to come and spend hours setting everything just right. When you buy a Mac do you have to have a Mac developer come and set it up for you? In other words: Haha