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		binarycrusader on June 19, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nvidia PR Responds To Torvalds' Harsh Words Kernel upgrades on machines with nVidia GPUs and binary drivers are a pain because the Linux kernel developers have chosen to not provide a stable binary interface, and in some cases, have deliberately broken interfaces by changing them to "GPL-only". Meanwhile, Windows, Solaris, and FreeBSD users generally have no problems between kernel updates.

blinkingled on June 19, 2012 [–]

Oh, not that binary API stability flamewar again :) It is what it is - Nvidia doesn't play well with it is the problem - others do it well.

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