Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering

[Bill Nottingham]

Dave Jones (davej@xxxxxxxxxx) said: 
>  > [*] I don't know any details of the /proc incompatibility which davej
>  >     mentions, and I'd like to.  That sounds like a screw-up.
> 
> We changed the format of /proc/slabinfo.  Running slabtop threw up
> an error message complaining that the format had changed.
> 
> It was a graceful failure, but a failure none-the-less.
> 
> Other failures have been somewhat more dramatic.
> I know ipsec-tools, and alsa-lib have both caused pain
> on at least one occasion after the last 2-3 kernel updates.

The ones I remember were:

- alsa-lib, as mentioned
- ipsec-tools/openswan needed updating when the kernel changed
   to require forward SAs
- a old script on an earlier release needed fixed when usbdevfs finally
   went from being deprecated to dead

SELinux changed froom 2.6.early to 2.6.current as well, IIRC.

Bill
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