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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Subject: Re: What exactly does "supports Linux" mean?
Date: 13 May 2003 13:53:37 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1052830415.432.2.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030513151630.75ad4028.skraw@ithnet.com>

On Maw, 2003-05-13 at 14:16, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote:
> I bought a card from some vendor, claiming "support for Linux". I tried to make
> it work in a configuration with a standard 2.4.20 kernel from kernel.org. The
> drivers (kernel modules) are binary-only. They did not load because of a
> version mismatch. Asking for versions loadable with standard kernels, I got the
> response that they only support kernels from Red Hat and SuSE, but no standard
> kernels.

So send it back and consult local trading standards rules. 

> My general conclusion would be that something not working with a standard
> kernel cannot be called "supporting linux", no matter what distros ever are
> supported. You may call me purist...
> Any ideas?

Linus owns the trademark for the USA certainly. 

  reply	other threads:[~2003-05-13 13:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-05-13 13:16 What exactly does "supports Linux" mean? Stephan von Krawczynski
2003-05-13 12:53 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2003-05-13 14:24   ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-05-13 15:07     ` Lionel Bouton
2003-05-13 16:45   ` Jonathan Matthews
2003-05-13 13:46 ` Duncan Sands
2003-05-13 15:12 Chuck Ebbert
2003-05-13 20:36 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-05-14  2:12   ` jw schultz
2003-05-14  7:57     ` Riley Williams
2003-05-14 17:58       ` Måns Rullgård
2003-05-17 16:05         ` Pavel Machek
2003-05-18  1:39           ` jw schultz
2003-05-18  3:53             ` Werner Almesberger
2003-05-18 21:49             ` Pavel Machek
2003-05-18 22:20               ` Neale Banks
2003-05-19 10:20                 ` Helge Hafting
2003-05-14 14:11     ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-05-14 15:29       ` Mike Dresser
2003-05-15  0:11       ` jw schultz
2003-05-14 14:09   ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-05-14 14:44     ` Dave Jones
2003-05-14 15:58       ` Henning Schmiedehausen
2003-05-14 16:14         ` Dave Jones
2003-05-14 19:40       ` David Schwartz

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