Re: Stop the Linux kernel madness

[Denis Vlasenko]

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)
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