transcriptase 7 hours ago

Show us on the doll where they’re wrong.

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  • krackers 7 hours ago

    I'm guessing it's the fact that linux has in-tree drivers, so you necessarily need to "patch the kernel" in order to write/fix a driver for a non-standard compliant device?

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    • AnotherGoodName 5 hours ago

      I can’t see any blocker to publishing this as a prebuilt kernel module honestly.

      For driver developers the above where you rebuild the kernel is a necessary step in developing the driver but now the above is done someone should make the trivial next step to make this into a prebuilt kernel module which are trivial to install for end users with no rebuild/reboot required. (I have built kernel modules before but I don’t have this laptop myself, sorry!).

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    • realusername 7 hours ago

      How else is that supposed to work?

      You either fix a driver in the kernel or a driver outside the kernel, it's not going to make that big of a difference to the person who has to fix it.

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      • jdiff 7 hours ago

        The difference is that the end user doesn't have to do it. Someone else is going to do it. Just like it is on Windows.

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    • inferiorhuman 2 hours ago

      I think the original comment was suggesting that Linux typically has end-user visible bugs like sound not working, not commenting on where they live.

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