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Linux Kernel Developer Declares VirtualBox Driver "Crap"

Posted by Unknown on from the not-all-code-is-created-equal dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Linux kernel developers have decided to mark the VirtualBox kernel driver as tainted crap for the significant number of problems this open-source driver has caused. The VirtualBox kernel driver reportedly causes memory corruption and other problems. With the driver being flagged as tainted crap, bug reports caused by the driver will be taken less seriously."

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  1. uugh. overblown story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    One of the developers wanted to flag the vbox driver as tainted to keep bug submissions on it from going to kernel devs.

    this is *way* overblown.

  2. Re:Good job, wants some cheese for your whine? by afidel · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, MS did have those reports, probably 90% of BSOD's over the years were caused by third party drivers. MS moved large chunks of the driver infrastructure into user space and for those areas where performance was deemed more important than isolating the drivers and kernel they implemented a more robust WHQL process and required drivers to be signed after WHQL testing was completed. This probably reduced the number of BSOD's experienced by 85% or so.

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