Linux 4.20 released

Re:Linux 4.20 released by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Monday December 24, 2018 @09:51AM (#18752359)

Interestingly, Windows improved its stability problem through a combination of moving drivers into userspace and formal verification. Unlike in Linux, when your video driver crashes it usually just results in a momentarily blank screen instead of a core dump.

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Re:Linux 4.20 released by altmind on Monday December 24, 2018 @10:30AM (#18752543)

I would not say its true. Crashed gpu driver on linux will most likely leave you with locked out screen that does not accept any user input.

On the contrary, windows GPU(WDDM) drivers are restartable and can handle crashes even without restarting the user graphical apps. This've been so since at least windows 7.

edit: s/WDM/WDDM/

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Re:Linux 4.20 released by icebraining on Monday December 24, 2018 @01:02PM (#18753307)

I think you two are in agreement :)

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Re:Linux 4.20 released by swinglock on Monday December 24, 2018 @05:09PM (#18754550)

Since Windows Vista even.

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Re:Linux 4.20 released by newnewpdro on Monday December 24, 2018 @11:47AM (#18752920)

There's a kernel:user space split of Linux GPU drivers as well. Mesa, libdrm, libgbm, all have hardware-specific junk in them last I checked.

The kernel drm/gpu side is all about mode setting and managing resources.

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