From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:37229 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755511AbZKTVa3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:29 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:38 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless , netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: A generic kernel compatibilty code Message-ID: <20091120211837.GA22815@tuxdriver.com> References: <43e72e890911201245r4de5b039hb2dd5011dabf2399@mail.gmail.com> <43e72e890911201251t6210ee19n177eaf003a4fffc@mail.gmail.com> <43e72e890911201253obc466c8k2102e04457c48c92@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <43e72e890911201253obc466c8k2102e04457c48c92@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:53:51PM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez 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 > > I supose this could juse be a separate tree with some generic > compat.ko module. That might work better. This is what I would suggest for pursuing this idea. Perhaps you could split-off from compat-wireless, then make that tree depend on the new tree (compat-core?)... Hth... John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.