Scott van Looy wrote:
>> Progress isn't a bad thing. Ranting at Fedora people
because someone
>> else's hardware isn't easy to make work on their OS is a bit silly
>> though.
>
> But, but, but... What's the point of an OS if it doesn't make it easy
> to use hardware????
To operate the CPU(s) - hardware support is optional and often in
obscure places absent or wonky at best.
If your i/o devices don't work, whether your CPU works or not becomes a
Heisnberg question. And the answer won't really matter.
>> Would you moan at redhat if you couldn't get Oracle to
work on it,
>> yet Oracle claimed linux compatibility?
>
> Of course. There's not much excuse for screwing up interfaces that an
> OS is supposed to provide.
And the fact that everyone at Redhat would tell you to talk to Oracle
for writing broken software wouldn't dissuade you?
I might peek at some strace output to see whether the system call
arguments or results were at fault.
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Les Mikesell
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