From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
To: hps@intermeta.de
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] New Driver Model for 2.5
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 04:09:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BCFDFA1.FF7661FE@mandrakesoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3BCE7568.1DAB9FF0@mandrakesoft.com> <20011018121318.17949@smtp.adsl.oleane.com> <9qomdf$obo$1@forge.intermeta.de>
"Henning P. Schmiedehausen" wrote:
> And a version field! Please add a version field right to the
> beginning. This would make supporting legacy drivers in later versions
> _much_ easier.
That's something to be done in a Windows not Linux driver.
This is not a structure that is directly exposed to userspace, so it
doesn't need to be versioned.
We don't really support legacy drivers in the first place, much less
take up space with versions in structs everywhere..
Jeff
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-19 8:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 120+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-17 23:52 [RFC] New Driver Model for 2.5 Patrick Mochel
2001-10-18 6:23 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-10-18 12:13 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-18 16:19 ` Patrick Mochel
2001-10-18 17:38 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-18 22:06 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-19 17:09 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-10-18 22:10 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-10-19 18:26 ` Patrick Mochel
2001-10-19 19:02 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-19 19:21 ` Mike Fedyk
2001-10-19 20:07 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-19 20:24 ` Mike Fedyk
2001-10-19 22:25 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-20 13:47 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-10-20 1:41 ` john slee
2001-10-20 13:52 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-10-22 11:02 ` Padraig Brady
2001-10-27 11:01 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-10-19 7:57 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2001-10-19 8:09 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2001-10-19 8:31 ` Keith Owens
2001-10-19 8:43 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-10-19 18:50 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-19 15:21 ` Taral
2001-10-19 23:30 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-19 23:54 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-18 15:17 ` Patrick Mochel
2001-10-18 16:08 ` Taral
2001-10-18 16:52 ` Jonathan Lundell
2001-10-18 17:38 ` Patrick Mochel
2001-10-18 17:41 ` Patrick Mochel
2001-10-18 18:28 ` Jonathan Lundell
2001-10-18 19:49 ` Patrick Mochel
2001-10-18 20:40 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-10-18 21:32 ` John Alvord
2001-10-18 22:23 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-18 22:26 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-10-18 22:18 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-18 23:30 ` Patrick Mochel
2001-10-18 23:44 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-18 23:52 ` Jeff Garzik
[not found] ` <3BCF3941.D4B79FE1@mandrakesoft.com>
2001-10-19 17:12 ` Jonathan Lundell
2001-10-18 17:05 ` Jonathan Corbet
2001-10-18 17:33 ` Patrick Mochel
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-10-19 17:01 Kevin Easton
2001-10-19 18:40 ` Patrick Mochel
2001-10-19 21:43 Grover, Andrew
2001-10-19 23:33 Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-20 0:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-10-20 9:28 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-21 17:09 ` Pavel Machek
2001-10-23 0:19 ` Patrick Mochel
2001-10-23 0:31 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-23 0:29 ` Patrick Mochel
2001-10-23 7:53 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-23 15:10 ` Jonathan Lundell
2001-10-23 15:49 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-23 20:22 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-23 20:54 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-24 0:26 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-24 9:57 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-24 10:34 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-24 10:54 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-24 13:04 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-24 13:25 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-24 16:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-10-24 16:36 ` Michael H. Warfield
2001-10-24 16:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-10-24 22:48 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-24 16:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-10-24 16:46 ` Xavier Bestel
2001-10-24 16:54 ` Patrick Mochel
2001-10-24 16:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-10-24 22:45 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-24 17:33 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-24 22:41 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-24 22:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-10-25 7:58 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-25 12:22 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-25 14:57 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-25 8:03 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-25 8:09 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-25 12:20 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-25 21:47 ` Pavel Machek
2001-10-24 22:50 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-25 4:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-10-25 12:42 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-25 21:52 ` Xavier Bestel
2001-10-25 23:53 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-25 23:53 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-26 11:35 ` Helge Hafting
2001-10-26 12:38 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-25 8:27 ` Rob Turk
2001-10-25 10:01 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-25 10:02 ` Helge Hafting
2001-10-25 14:20 ` Victor Yodaiken
2001-10-25 14:44 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-10-25 14:45 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-10-25 15:22 ` Rob Turk
2001-10-25 15:44 ` Jonathan Lundell
2001-10-25 16:26 ` David Lang
2001-10-25 21:59 ` Pavel Machek
2001-10-25 21:32 ` Rob Turk
2001-10-24 17:01 ` Mike Anderson
2001-10-25 9:02 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-10-25 9:29 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-10-25 9:47 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-25 10:11 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-10-25 10:59 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-10-24 15:18 ` Jonathan Lundell
2001-10-24 15:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-10-24 15:59 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-24 15:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-10-23 9:44 ` Pavel Machek
2001-10-23 11:03 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-23 11:49 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-23 10:54 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-24 17:56 Grover, Andrew
2001-10-24 18:45 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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