According to Neil Brown:
> In short, I can see no reason why the "new" kernel code would not work
> with the "old" user level code at least as well (and in some cases
> better than) the "old" kernel code worked with the old tools.
I thought so, but I wanted to defer to the author(s).
> Are there any known failure scenarios?
Not for the new kernel patches.
OTOH, it's just been observed that the current user-mode tools require
the netlink device. This has to change.
OTGH, this difficulty in upgrading the user-mode tools should have no
impact on deployment of the kernel patches.
In short: Onward!
--
Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@valinux.com>
"I wanted to play hopscotch with the impenetrable mystery of existence,
but he stepped in a wormhole and had to go in early." // MST3K
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