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    SubjectRe: Linux 4.0-rc1 out..
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    On Mon, 2015-02-23 at 16:43 +0100, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
    > Am 23.02.2015 um 04:06 schrieb Linus Torvalds:
    > > .. let's see how much, if anything, breaks due to the version number.
    > > Probably less than during the 3.0 timeframe, but I can just imagine
    > > somebody checking for meaningful versions.
    > >
    > > Because the people have spoken, and while most of it was complete
    > > gibberish, numbers don't lie. People preferred 4.0, and 4.0 it shall
    > > be. Unless somebody can come up with a good argument against it.
    >
    > The only argument that I can come up with is "we do not break userspace".
    > For example there is this "gem" in configure.ac of valgrind:
    >
    >
    > case "${kernel}" in
    > 2.6.*|3.*)
    > AC_MSG_RESULT([2.6.x/3.x family (${kernel})])
    > AC_DEFINE([KERNEL_2_6], 1, [Define to 1 if you're using Linux 2.6.x or Linux 3.x])
    > ;;
    >
    > 2.4.*)
    > AC_MSG_RESULT([2.4 family (${kernel})])
    > AC_DEFINE([KERNEL_2_4], 1, [Define to 1 if you're using Linux 2.4.x])
    > ;;
    >
    > *)
    > AC_MSG_RESULT([unsupported (${kernel})])
    > AC_MSG_ERROR([Valgrind works on kernels 2.4, 2.6])
    > ;;


    Heh, if this is an argument, we have one hell of a lot of reverting to
    do :) Crash for example breaks at much higher resolution, and indeed
    just broke yet again. Tough titty for userspace methinks.

    -Mike



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