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From: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
To: David Valleau <valleau@chromium.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: briannorris@chromium.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
	Michael Grzeschik <m.grzeschik@pengutronix.de>,
	Valentina Manea <valentina.manea.m@gmail.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@microsoft.com>,
	shuah <shuah@kernel.org>
Subject: tools: usb: usbip: adding support for older kernel versions
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 17:39:50 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <44e151af-b6c4-d0af-3ef1-a5632d079915@kernel.org> (raw)

Hi David,

On 3/6/19 2:47 PM, David Valleau wrote:
> The current usbip tool relies on the behavior of the vhci-hcd driver in
> order to work correctly. In instances where a newer version of the tool
> is used with an older version of the kernel, there are incompatibilities
> that can sometimes result in failure.

usbip tool is tied to the kernel version. This is reason why it is
co-located with the usbip driver in the kernel sources. This is not
a typical tool scenario to be able to use new tool on old kernels.

I would like to understand the reasons for wanting to run new tool on
old kernels.

thanks,
-- Shuah

             reply	other threads:[~2019-03-16 23:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-16 23:39 Shuah Khan [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2019-03-27  1:16 tools: usb: usbip: adding support for older kernel versions Brian Norris
2019-03-26  1:59 Shuah Khan
2019-03-26  1:29 Brian Norris
2019-03-26  1:28 Brian Norris
2019-03-26  0:55 Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-03-26  0:49 Brian Norris
2019-03-26  0:13 Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-03-26  0:04 Shuah Khan
2019-03-25 23:02 Brian Norris
2019-03-25 22:07 Shuah Khan
2019-03-25 17:56 Brian Norris
2019-03-25 15:51 Shuah Khan
2019-03-18 18:23 Brian Norris
2019-03-06 21:47 David Valleau

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