[bootlin/training-materials updates] master: kernel: source-code: Move the pre-compiled driver paragraph to the right location (da42968c)

Miquel Raynal miquel.raynal at bootlin.com
Fri Dec 23 15:37:51 CET 2022


Repository : https://github.com/bootlin/training-materials
On branch  : master
Link       : https://github.com/bootlin/training-materials/commit/da42968ca0412134d743e0d8cba38267dc47d3e5

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commit da42968ca0412134d743e0d8cba38267dc47d3e5
Author: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>
Date:   Fri Dec 23 15:37:51 2022 +0100

    kernel: source-code: Move the pre-compiled driver paragraph to the right location
    
    Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>


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da42968ca0412134d743e0d8cba38267dc47d3e5
 slides/kernel-source-code-drivers/kernel-source-code-drivers.tex | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/slides/kernel-source-code-drivers/kernel-source-code-drivers.tex b/slides/kernel-source-code-drivers/kernel-source-code-drivers.tex
index 14f060f8..dc6cb434 100644
--- a/slides/kernel-source-code-drivers/kernel-source-code-drivers.tex
+++ b/slides/kernel-source-code-drivers/kernel-source-code-drivers.tex
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@
     \begin{itemize}
     \item They use a wrapper between the driver and the kernel
     \item Unclear whether it makes it legal or not
+    \item Pre-compiled drivers work with only one kernel version, kernel
+      updates, even minors, might just become impossible.
     \end{itemize}
   \end{itemize}
     \column{0.25\textwidth}
@@ -198,9 +200,6 @@
     reuse code from similar free software drivers.
   \item Your drivers can be freely and easily shipped by others (for
     example by Linux distributions or embedded Linux build systems).
-  \item Pre-compiled drivers work with only one kernel version and one
-    specific configuration, making life difficult for users who want
-    to change the kernel version.
   \item Legal certainty, you are sure that a GPL driver is fine from a
     legal point of view.
   \end{itemize}




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