Re: modutils 2.4.2, please test asap

[Miles Lane <miles@megapathdsl.net>]

Keith Owens wrote:

<snip>
>   "The fact that such modutils binaries won't work with pre-2.4.0
>   kernels is not even on my radar screen, quite frankly.  There isn't
>   even an installed base of people using it, and I don't think anybody
>   of the developers using it are still using pre-kernels. In short, I
>   see absolutely no reason for even trying to maintain any backwards
>   compatibility in this area.".
> 
> Because the USB maintainers did not want to support backwards
> compatibility, Linus saw no need for the patch.  Which is fine, if you
> are happy to break backwards compatibility.  It should be obvious that
> I disagree strongly with this attitude.

Thanks for clarifying that.  I hadn't quite connected all the dots.

I see why you are concerned.

Isn't it true that the /sbin/hotplug support code simply doesn't
exist in older kernels?  I am not sure that making /sbin/hotplug
work on older kernels is possible, no matter how much USB developers
might want to make it work.  If it is true that backporting
/sbin/hotplug support can't be done, than the current usbd/policy
approach is filling an important need.  Another point to consider
is that if we decided to somehow backport /sbin/hotplug support,
we'd need to migrate the installed based from the policy script
approach.  That doesn't seem like totally awesome user support
to me.

Anyhow, enough said.  I'll test your patch.

Sorry this hasn't worked out as you would have liked.

	Miles


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