From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-iw0-f178.google.com ([209.85.223.178]:48564 "EHLO mail-iw0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754974AbZKTUyF (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:54:05 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <43e72e890911201251t6210ee19n177eaf003a4fffc@mail.gmail.com> References: <43e72e890911201245r4de5b039hb2dd5011dabf2399@mail.gmail.com> <43e72e890911201251t6210ee19n177eaf003a4fffc@mail.gmail.com> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:53:51 -0800 Message-ID: <43e72e890911201253obc466c8k2102e04457c48c92@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: A generic kernel compatibilty code To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-wireless , netdev@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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. Luis