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The Linux drivers worked for a particular kernel. Kernel changed, driver was useless.
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Sounds like bad software engineering to me. I have updated my kernel some 6 times since I installed Redhat 8.0 on my laptop to fix security and performance related bugs. Not once has any of my driver modules failed to load, including the driver for my WinModem. But if you do get yourself in that position, don't upgrade the kernel??
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No corporate-designed OS is as fickle, where the kernel continually changes and no two pieces of obscure hardware EVER work for the same kernel.
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Not true, it all goes back to poor software design. Compatability between verisons of Windows can become quite a pain in the neck, and as a specific example, at work there is software from a company called Invensys would not work with Windows2000, so it was stuck no an old crash prone NT4 machine that also could not be upgraded past SP4 because it broke the software. So the problem isn't local to Linux.