[2482] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Kernel interface changes (was Re: cdrecord problems on
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Thu Feb 4 13:01:21 1999
To: Robert Thorncrantz <rtz@pirx.df.lth.se>
Cc: Kev <klmitch@MIT.EDU>, yodaiken@chelm.cs.nmt.edu, Edwin Foo <efoo@MIT.EDU>,
alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, xiphmont@MIT.EDU,
linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-dev@MIT.EDU, jered@MIT.EDU,
nemo@MIT.EDU, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu, cox@idecnet.com
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 04 Feb 1999 13:00:32 -0500
In-Reply-To: Robert Thorncrantz's message of Thu, 4 Feb 1999 18:23:34 +0100
Robert Thorncrantz <rtz@pirx.df.lth.se> writes:
> I'm a little curious, how many times have this happened actually? So
I can try to give you an example. I re-released the Linux-AFS kernel
module 9 times for various 2.0.x kernels. I should note that I chose
not to support every 2.0.x kernel, generally because sometimes a
second new kernel was released before I finished releasing a module,
so I chose to use the most recent kernel. As a result, there are
undoubtedly hidden incompatibilities that my list doesn't show. There
were also cases where adjacent kernels _did_ work, but I don't have
those details here, either. FWIW, Linux 2.0.36 works with the 2.0.35
kernel module.
Here are the various 2.0.x kernels for which I released Linux-AFS:
2.0.4
2.0.11
2.0.12
2.0.18
2.0.21
2.0.29
2.0.30
2.0.32
2.0.35
Gee, 9/36 -- 25% success rate, not bad. ;-)
-derek
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