From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell Stuart Subject: Re: [PATCH REPOST 1/2] NET: Accurate packet scheduling for ATM/ADSL (kernel) Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:25:17 +1000 Message-ID: <1169263517.11507.14.camel@ras> References: <1161041677.6247.1.camel@ras.pc.brisbane.lube> <1161090444.5555.13.camel@jzny2> <45378DE3.8080700@trash.net> <1161602527.5502.155.camel@ras.pc.stuart.local> <453CB801.4010902@trash.net> <1161640444.5502.214.camel@ras.pc.stuart.local> <453E3CFC.80007@trash.net> <1161733596.3829.91.camel@ras.pc.brisbane.lube> <456ED79E.2070707@trash.net> <1169075223.7560.15.camel@ras> <45AEF219.2060304@trash.net> <1169100970.21535.18.camel@ras> <45AF5C02.1010005@trash.net> <1169176280.1118.8.camel@ras> <45B0B744.7070800@trash.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: hadi@cyberus.ca, netdev@vger.kernel.org, David Miller Return-path: Received: from 58.105.229.78.optusnet.com.au ([58.105.229.78]:36729 "EHLO adsl-kenny.stuart.id.au" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965094AbXATD2t (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:28:49 -0500 To: Patrick McHardy In-Reply-To: <45B0B744.7070800@trash.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 13:19 +0100, Patrick McHardy wrote: > Russell Stuart wrote: > > I thought that some degree of compatibility was > > expected. At the very least the newest version > > of "tc" must work on _any_ kernel as least as > > well as the version it replaces did. > > > > I also though newer kernels should work older > > version of iproute2, albeit without the features > > added in the newer versions. > > > > Are you saying this is not so? > > No, thats exactly what I'm saying. I don't understand - too many negates here without parens. Are you saying: a. Backward / Forward compatibility between the kernel and its user space tools isn't an issue, or b. There is no compatibility problem.