Re: [Fedora-packaging] kernel module packaging
On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 09:06:42AM -0500, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 01:47 +0100, Jon Masters wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm working on some to-be-proposed updates to the kernel module
> packaging in Fedora Extras to allow us to track changes to the kernel
> ABI rather than purely the kernel release/version. This should make
> life easier and help to reduce the number of times that a minor kernel
> update (e.g. security fixes, etc.) forces all external drivers to be
> rebuilt.
I'm not so sure this will work for Fedora. The ABI in the kernel is
utterly inconsistent, and no work is being done upstream to try and keep
the ABI consistent or predictable.
I'd go as far as to say for Fedora, there *is no* kernel ABI, nor
is it practical to make one.
Dave
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