Re: Changing kernel API / Breaking VirtualBox - update criteria violation?

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On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> What's the story with this VirtualBox driver ... why can't it go upstream?

Because Oracle hasn't submitted it.  Guesses as to their reasoning for
that mostly boil down to them no longer being able to ship the
userspace and driver code in a single "version" and make whatever
API/ABI changes they wish to between releases.

josh
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