From: Simon Wunderlich <simon.wunderlich@s2003.tu-chemnitz.de>
To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking
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Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [RFC] batman-adv: Start to fiddle with compat stuff
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:14:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110717191407.GA7377@pandem0nium> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2528846.xa574SJbNA@sven-desktop.home.narfation.org>
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Hey Sven,
actually I wanted an ugly macro which keeps the kernel version check in
the compat.h only - I tried my luck based on your patch, but i failed
miserably... I just can't tame the preprocessor. Sorry. :D
I'm fine with dropping the support for < 2.6.29, it does not hurt me
both personally and professionally. I don't know if there is anyone
who uses old kernels and can't patch back themselves.
As a compromise, we might upload compat patches on open-mesh.org for
release versions of batman-adv. No maintaining, just "best effort service".
We keep some more unmaintained patches there too [1]. What do you think?
Is there anyone using old kernels?
best regards,
Simon
[1] http://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/patches/
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 01:15:03PM +0200, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> On Sunday 17 July 2011 13:11:19 Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> > README | 2 +-
> > compat.c | 8 ++++++++
> > compat.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> > soft-interface.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > 4 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> The sendmail killed my comment. So here it is again:
>
> This is just a small note... but it is completely unacceptable for the kernel
> folks. d0tslash wanted to have "another ugly compat.h macro" - so he can
> continue here.
>
> Kind regards,
> Sven
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-17 19:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-17 10:43 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [RFC] batman-adv: Remove compat code for kernel versions < 2.6.29 Sven Eckelmann
2011-07-17 11:11 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [RFC] batman-adv: Start to fiddle with compat stuff Sven Eckelmann
2011-07-17 11:15 ` Sven Eckelmann
2011-07-17 19:14 ` Simon Wunderlich [this message]
2011-07-18 8:35 ` Sven Eckelmann
2011-07-17 19:11 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [RFC] batman-adv: Remove compat code for kernel versions < 2.6.29 Marek Lindner
2011-07-23 9:51 ` Marek Lindner
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