linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/9] irq-remove: scsi driver trivial

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Message-ID: <m1lk9proe0.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com>
Date:	Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:46:15 -0600
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Salyzyn, Mark" <mark_salyzyn@...ptec.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/9] irq-remove: scsi driver trivial

Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> writes:

> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:37:47 -0400
>> Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>>>> the other serious question is.. how is IRQ_HANDLER_V3 different
>>>> from a #ifdef VERSION >= 2.6.24 .....
>>>> it's not really ;)
>>> Note my mention of backport -- kernel version isn't relevant when the various
>>> enterprise distros have random featuresets under random
>>> kernel versions.
>>>
>>
>> yeah and THEY can put the defines in (RH used to do this fwiw as a
>> generic "this is a RH kernel" define)....
>>
>> but afaik no distro vendor backports such an api change nowadays... and
>> hasn't in 2.6 ever
>
> People backport drivers all the time that must support a wide range of kernels.

I thought the argument was not that drivers are back ported but that
internal kernel APIs changes aren't backported.  So that testing
the kernel version actually has a chance as a reasonable test for
features.

Eric
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