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169169 nightmare, and trying to keep up with an ever changing kernel interface
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-Simple, get your kernel driver into the main kernel tree (remember we
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-are talking about GPL released drivers here, if your code doesn't fall
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-under this category, good luck, you are on your own here, you leech
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-<insert link to leech comment from Andrew and Linus here>.) If your
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-driver is in the tree, and a kernel interface changes, it will be fixed
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-up by the person who did the kernel change in the first place. This
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-ensures that your driver is always buildable, and works over time, with
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-very little effort on your part.
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+Simple, get your kernel driver into the main kernel tree (remember we are
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+talking about drivers released under a GPL-compatible license here, if your
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+code doesn't fall under this category, good luck, you are on your own here,
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+you leech). If your driver is in the tree, and a kernel interface changes,
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+it will be fixed up by the person who did the kernel change in the first
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+place. This ensures that your driver is always buildable, and works over
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+time, with very little effort on your part.
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181180 The very good side effects of having your driver in the main kernel tree
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