From: Tim Jansen <tim@tjansen.de>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Automatic download and installation of drivers.
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 21:24:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-hotplug-100447691227028@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-hotplug-100319421829170@msgid-missing>
On Tuesday 30 October 2001 18:21, Greg KH wrote:
> Where do you define this version of gcc?
> Many versions of gcc can successfully compile a kernel.
The easiest way would be to include a file in the kernel that contains the
version number of one compiler that is able to compile the kernel. This
compiler is then used to compile the kernel.
> > IMHO it is neccessary that stable kernels keep source compatibility.
> That is not way Linux kernel development is done, sorry.
If the driver does not compile and the package containing the driver states
that the driver has not been tested with the kernel version it can just abort
and tell the user that the driver has not been ported the newer version yet.
This is not worse than the current situation for both user and developer.
I wonder for how long it is possible to keep all existing drivers in the
kernel source though.
bye...
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-30 21:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-16 0:02 Automatic download and installation of drivers Stamatis Mitrofanis
2001-10-16 5:29 ` Greg KH
2001-10-16 7:35 ` David Brownell
2001-10-16 7:58 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-16 11:38 ` Keith Owens
2001-10-16 16:52 ` Greg KH
2001-10-16 18:44 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-16 18:58 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-16 19:19 ` Greg KH
2001-10-17 2:01 ` David Brownell
2001-10-17 2:03 ` David Brownell
2001-10-17 18:47 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-17 19:24 ` David Brownell
2001-10-17 23:31 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-17 23:32 ` Greg KH
2001-10-18 0:07 ` Dmitri
2001-10-18 0:19 ` Stamatis Mitrofanis
2001-10-18 0:47 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-18 2:17 ` Keith Owens
2001-10-18 2:35 ` Dmitri
2001-10-29 21:53 ` Greg KH
2001-10-30 8:26 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-30 17:21 ` Greg KH
2001-10-30 21:24 ` Tim Jansen [this message]
2001-10-30 21:51 ` Dmitri
2001-10-31 12:36 ` Keith Owens
2001-10-31 20:49 ` Greg KH
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