Re: Stop the Linux kernel madness

[4Front Technologies <dev@opensound.com>]

Denis Vlasenko wrote:

> On Tuesday 22 June 2004 10:54, Hannu Savolainen wrote:
> 
>>In the long term frequent changes in kernel interfaces cause problems
>>because drivers that try to stay compatible with as many kernel versions
>>as possible will start looking like #ifdef spaghetti.
> 
> 
> What's the point in staying "compatible with as many kernels versions
> as possible"? IMHO it's enough to be able to build and work
> with latest 2.6, latest 2.4 and maybe latest 2.2. Not _that_
> much of #ifdefs.
> 
> (/me was looking into ntp code recently. *That* is #ifdef hell)
> --
> vda
> 

Hi Denis,

You'd be surprised how many people are still running Redhat 7.3 or howmany 
people are still running some version of Linux 2.4.2x. Sometimes its not easy 
telling the customer to upgrade to the latest Linux kernel from www.kernel.org 
because they don't have the expertise to compile kernels - heck some 
distributions don't even install gcc/make unless you select "Development System" 
during installation. (FreeBSD is more sane in that regard that they install 
gcc/make with the base system).


best regards
Dev Mazumdar

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