From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from zone0.gcu-squad.org ([212.85.147.21]:11078 "EHLO services.gcu-squad.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751904AbZBTJtt (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:49:49 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:49:35 +0100 From: Jean Delvare To: Hans Verkuil Cc: hermann pitton , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , urishk@yahoo.com, linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Minimum kernel version supported by v4l-dvb Message-ID: <20090220104935.0c516a57@hyperion.delvare> In-Reply-To: <200902200753.16856.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> References: <43235.62.70.2.252.1234947353.squirrel@webmail.xs4all.nl> <20090218140105.17c86bcb@hyperion.delvare> <1235102231.2708.19.camel@pc10.localdom.local> <200902200753.16856.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:53:16 +0100, Hans Verkuil wrote: > On Friday 20 February 2009 04:57:11 hermann pitton wrote: > > Hans decided deliberately to extend backward compat even down to 2.6.16, > > now seeing the bill. > > I didn't extend it, instead I reduced the backward compat to 2.6.16 at the > time. It supported older kernels as well back then, however since nobody > ever compiled for those older kernels quite a few drivers were broken. > > Creating the daily build system at least ensures that we know v4l-dvb can > compile for those kernels we support officially. In the past this was more > based on hope and a prayer :-) That's better than before, but just because it builds doesn't mean it works... -- Jean Delvare