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Linus's take on module compatibility in 2.2.x
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark)
Sun Feb 28 21:39:53 1999
To: linux-afs@MIT.EDU, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 20:55:41 EST
From: Mark <histed@MIT.EDU>
So it looks like Linus has accepted the point about maintaining module
compatibility as far as is reasonably possible:
From the linux-kernel list;
(see http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9902.2/1057.html)
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On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, G. Allen Morris III wrote:
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> Are there any adverse effects to adding a field to `struct inode'?
> I would like to add `u32 i_generation' for the reasons outlined
> below.
In the long run, no. But I'm not accepting test-patches with it,
simply because it breaks module compatibility, so I'd like to have a
really strong release candidate before I do that. And I'd prefer to
try to avoid it for 2.2.x at all.
Linus
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Mark
