![]() Point 1 was easily solved by a search through the entire Linux source tree. Some functions had parameters added or deleted Some structures had members added or deletedģ. Some reorganization of the kernel header files, which moved some definitions to other header files, which were not included in the previous driver code.Ģ. The 3 main reasons which broke the device driver after each new kernel release were:ġ. What was annoying was not the fact that almost every kernel release required modifications in the device driver, but the lack of a documentation about the kernel changes that is usable by someone who does not follow every day the kernel mailing lists. I had to update it after every Linux kernel release in order to be able to continue to use it. It was not official maintenance, it was just an unmaintained open-source device driver found somewhere, which was needed for my hardware. I have maintained for some time a Linux device driver a couple of years ago. Same for my mouse (I don't plugin it in every year) and any disk / pendrive I care to use. On the other side, my USB scanner from the 90s still works perfectly well. All I remember is that I couldn't work with that the last time I tried. Is my laptop going to die of old age before I have to replace it because I won't be able to use its graphic card anymore? BTW, the open source driver doesn't work well. I wonder what the latest compatible kernel will be. Apparently the next Ubuntu 22.04 is shipping with kernel 5.15 and there is a 418 package for that kernel. The latest binary driver supporting that card is version 418. That card is a Quadro K1100M in a HP ZBook 15. I told myself, no more ATI/AMD, let's buy one with an NVIDIA card. BTW, the open source driver didn't work well. I downgraded the kernel and kept using the laptop for a while. ![]() Actually AMD because they bought ATI in 2006. There were no more recent drivers so my take is that the kernel broke it and ATI didn't spend money to make their driver compatible with newer kernels. Well, my old laptop (HP nc8430 from 2006) graphic card worked perfectly up to some 3.x kernel, then it lost all sync with 3.y kernels (y > x). I'm sympathetic to a lot of libertarian ideas, but I wish people would give more acknowledgement to why people want regulation (in this case) before a drive-by "no government please" comment. It's so easy to throw out "no government" and so hard to talk past it, and I think this is one reason libertarian views like this often cause people to just roll their eyes and ignore. I'm frustrated because the "no regulation, no government" view hides a lot of nuance and shuts down conversations. Are you now okay with requiring companies to document their APIs for the benefit of consumers (in some cases at least)?Įither way, this conversation is frustrating to me, and one I wont continue here (you're, of course, welcome to respond and debate with others). The government protecting people's right to repair and utilize their physical possessions seems like a good thing.Īt this point you seem, to me, to have reversed position. It would give individuals more power over their own property - more power over their old school, physical possession, basic territoriality, property. ![]() I asked myself and answered: Requiring companies to document their hardware for right-to-repair or right-to-utilize reasons has no effect on life, and some effect on property. When you delete a file, your computer sends a signal to the device saying, “please delete this file,” and the device can delete it.> For each proposed change, ask whether we increase or decrease natural rights (especially to life and property). If a computer wants to upload a file, it sends the file to the device and the device chooses to save it. The computer can download a file - it will request the file from the device, and the device will send the file over the connection. Instead, when you connect a device to your computer, the computer queries the device and the device responds with a list of files and directories it offers. Your Android device doesn’t expose its entire storage device to Windows. Rather than exposing your Android device’s raw file system to Windows, MTP operates at the file level. This protocol works very differently from USB mass storage. It was designed to allow other media player companies to compete with Apple’s iPod and iTunes. ![]() ![]() MTP stands for “Media Transfer Protocol.” When Android uses this protocol, it appears to the computer as a “media device.” The media transfer protocol was widely promoted as a standardized protocol for transferring audio files to digital music players using Windows Media Player and similar applications. ![]()
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