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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] macros to detect existance of unlocked_ioctl and ioctl_compat
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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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