Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] macros to detect existance of unlocked_ioctl and ioctl_compat | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Thu, 06 Jan 2005 10:22:21 -0500 |
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On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 15:14 +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 04:09:42PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > > I would agree that it shouldn't be used for in tree code, but for > > out of tree code it is rather useful. There are other such feature macros > > for major driver interface changes too (e.g. in the network stack). > > Which is the only place doing it. We had this discussion in the past > (lastone I revolve Greg vetoed it). We simply shouldn't clutter our > headers for the sake of out of tree drivers - with LINUX_VERSION_CODE > we've already implemented a mechanism for out of tree drivers. > > p.s. droppe alsa-devel from Cc because of the braindead moderation policy. >
Um, alsa-devel is not moderated, we accept posts from non subscribers. Where do you think all the spam in our archive comes from?
Lee
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