Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:30:06 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Complaint about recent LINUX_VERSION_CODEs |
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Jamie Lokier wrote: > > Michael Rothwell wrote: > > Perhaps the real problem isn't the "feature freeze" but the numbering -- > > maybe we should still be in the "2.3.xxx" pre-nothing stage currently. Or > > the FAQ needs to be updated. > > Indeed, now that LINUX_VERSION_CODE has the value 0x20400 for all > kernels over the last few months, it's impossible to write modules that > will compile on all of them :-(
Is that really a big deal? Its a test series which will have a stable interface once 2.4.0 proper is released.
My own pet peeve is ppl avoiding the KERNEL_VERSION() macro when doing LINUX_VERSION_CODE tests. Makes each test a bit more readable.
Jeff
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