FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: Haiku Drivers

[Simon Taylor <simontaylor1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fredrik Modéen wrote:
> > Hi Niklas,
> >
> > Well, like Axel said, the drivers are untested and may not build on R5
> > anymore... Maybe that's why you're getting errors.
> so what system do they bild on?
> Zeta/Dano and R5 with bone?
I suspect they build *on* R5 just fine, the issue is if they build *for* 
R5 or not. Now Haiku itself is usable devs only really worry about 
targeting Haiku with their code - meaning they may decide to use new, 
private Haiku APIs which would then mean the drivers won't work on R5.
Backwards compatibility means things written for R5 will work on Haiku - 
the other way around is not guaranteed (or particularly useful now Haiku 
is getting closer to completion).
Simon

ps: I think - someone who actually knows may correct me...