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Re:What Is Wrong with Enterprise Linux by mbreese on Monday July 17, 2023 @04:23PM (#36763526)
I thought the Linux kernel had a strong “don’t break userspace” attitude, but it was a free for all in kernel space. If you’re developing kernel modules or have custom hardware with drivers, I could see having a backported kernel as being a major problem for support and development.
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Re:What Is Wrong with Enterprise Linux by pxc on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @12:06AM (#36767679)
My (spectator's) understanding is that ABI compatibility is not a priority for kernelspace in Linux, but there is care taken for backwards compatibility in other ways (like at an API level). You're just expected to recompile your out-of-tree kernel modules when there's a new kernel version.
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Re:What Is Wrong with Enterprise Linux by comex on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @02:31AM (#36768646)
Nope, API compatibility is also explicitly disavowed:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin...

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Re:What Is Wrong with Enterprise Linux by pxc on Friday July 21, 2023 @09:01PM (#36822099)
Thank you for sharing this! Nothing helps you remember a fact like having been wrong about it in public. :)
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