[krackers]

I'm guessing it's the fact that linux has in-tree drivers, so you necessarily need to "patch the kernel" in order to write/fix a driver for a non-standard compliant device?

[AnotherGoodName]

I can’t see any blocker to publishing this as a prebuilt kernel module honestly.

For driver developers the above where you rebuild the kernel is a necessary step in developing the driver but now the above is done someone should make the trivial next step to make this into a prebuilt kernel module which are trivial to install for end users with no rebuild/reboot required. (I have built kernel modules before but I don’t have this laptop myself, sorry!).

[realusername]

How else is that supposed to work?

You either fix a driver in the kernel or a driver outside the kernel, it's not going to make that big of a difference to the person who has to fix it.

[jdiff]

The difference is that the end user doesn't have to do it. Someone else is going to do it. Just like it is on Windows.

[realusername]

That only works because Windows has a large marketshare, the day it drops to 10%, users will have to write their own drivers as well

[jdiff]

I was highlighting this as a similarity between them, but I see how my comment can be ambiguous. The average Linux user isn't currently writing their own drivers or compiling their own kernels, even with its tiny relative userbase.

[inferiorhuman]

I think the original comment was suggesting that Linux typically has end-user visible bugs like sound not working, not commenting on where they live.