Re: Kernel interface changes (was Re: cdrecord problems on

Derek Atkins (warlord@MIT.EDU)
04 Feb 1999 13:00:32 -0500


Robert Thorncrantz <rtz@pirx.df.lth.se> writes:

> I'm a little curious, how many times have this happened actually? So

I can try to give you an example. I re-released the Linux-AFS kernel
module 9 times for various 2.0.x kernels. I should note that I chose
not to support every 2.0.x kernel, generally because sometimes a
second new kernel was released before I finished releasing a module,
so I chose to use the most recent kernel. As a result, there are
undoubtedly hidden incompatibilities that my list doesn't show. There
were also cases where adjacent kernels _did_ work, but I don't have
those details here, either. FWIW, Linux 2.0.36 works with the 2.0.35
kernel module.

Here are the various 2.0.x kernels for which I released Linux-AFS:

2.0.4
2.0.11
2.0.12
2.0.18
2.0.21
2.0.29
2.0.30
2.0.32
2.0.35

Gee, 9/36 -- 25% success rate, not bad. ;-)

-derek

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