From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: IP over FC and qlogic workarounds in fusion Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:14:15 +0200 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040907181415.GB12654@lst.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.210]:1438 "EHLO mail.lst.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268314AbUIGSOa (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:14:30 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: "Shirron, Stephen" Cc: "Moore, Eric Dean" , andrew.vasquez@qlogic.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 12:12:10PM -0600, Shirron, Stephen wrote: > One problem I see with trying to remove this workaround from > our driver is that it would have to be coupled with a kernel > release, and then the newer driver would be bound to that release. > It would make it harder for customers to use a new driver kit with > an old kernel. > > How is something like this typically addressed? Backport the stack changes aswell when you want to run an older release. There's a lot of recent additions additions that move code from drivers to the stack and you need to make sure that the stack code is uptodate to use all those features.