Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Nicholas Knight" <> | Subject | Re: Change of policy for future 2.2 driver submissions | Date | Thu, 4 Jan 2001 19:27:42 -0800 |
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Cox" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 6:41 PM Subject: Change of policy for future 2.2 driver submissions
> > Linux 2.4 is now out, it is also what people should be concentrating on first > when issuing production drivers and driver updates. Effective from this point > 2.2 driver submissions or major driver updates will only be accepted if the > same code is also available for 2.4. > > Someone has to do the merging otherwise, and it isnt going to be me...
This is the first time I'll have sent anything to this list, and I hadn't planned on sending anything for a long time to come, but I think in this case I must toss in my 2cents. While I understand the reasoning behind this, and might do the same thing if I was in your position, I feel it may be a mistake. I personaly do not trust the 2.4.x kernel entirely yet, and would prefer to wait for 2.4.1 or 2.4.2 before upgrading from 2.2.18 to ensure last-minute wrinkles have been completely ironed out, and I know there are people who share my viewpoint, and would rather use 2.2.XX for a while yet, and I'm afraid that this may partialy criple 2.2 driver development. It can take little or a lot of time to port a driver from 2.2 to 2.4, and in some cases people may just not want to do it untill 2.4 has gone through a little more refining, and that could take a while.
To sum it up, I just don't think this is the right decision to make, at least not yet. My opinion probably won't matter one bit, but I thought I might as well toss it out there.
-NK
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