Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 07 May 2003 10:40:26 +0200 | | From | Michael Hunold <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH[[2.5][3-11] update dvb subsystem core |
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Hello Christoph,
> What the problem with 2.5, dvb and devfs?
The main problem is that our development "dvb-kernel" CVS tree *should* compile under 2.4 aswell, because most of the dvb-users don't want to participate in kernel development in general, but only on the development of the dvb subsystem. So work is done on the "dvb-kernel" tree, which should be synced with the 2.5 kernel frequently. So, regarding devfs, I introduced #ifdefs around the functions that have changed recently. That's not nice, I know. But in my eyes it's important to keep the CVS and the kernel version more in sync.
IIRC Gerd Knorr has the same problems with his driver packages (regarding the i2c subsystem mainly), but he has written some perl scripts to remove the #ifdef stuff before submitting his patches...
> I already told one of the DVB folks > (it wasn't you IIRC) that I'll publish a 2.5 devfs API on 2.4 header.
No, you spoke to Holger I think, who has maintained the dvb-core kernel submissions before me.
> But first I have to fix the devfs API on 2.5 and randomly bringing > back old crap and lots of ifdefs in those changing areas won't help.
I understand. But delaying the dvb updates just because a few calls to the devfs subsystem (which are now separated by #ifdefs and can easily be found) is not a good option either, or is it?
CU Michael.
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