Re: A generic kernel compatibilty code

Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-11-20T20:51:40Z

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@gmail.com> wrote:
> Everyone and their mother reinvents the wheel when it comes to
> backporting kernel modules. It a painful job and it seems to me an
> alternative is possible. If we can write generic compatibilty code for
> a new routine introduced on the next kernel how about just merging it
> to the kernel under some generic compat module. This would be
> completey ignored by everyone using the stable kernel but can be
> copied by anyone doing backport work.
>
> So I'm thinking something as simple as a generic compat/comat.ko with
> compat-2.6.32.[ch] files.

FWIW, I meant a compat-2.6.32.[ch] and compat-2.6.31.[ch] and so on.
All these would link to the compat.ko

Luis