> On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 12:48:46PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
> > On Fri, 10 May 2002 21:21:16 -0500 (CDT),
> > Kai Germaschewski <kai@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> wrote:
> > >This is not true anymore in 2.5, this limitation was removed when ALSA
> > >went in.
> >
> > True, but if the iget change goes into 2.5 it will probably be
> > backported to 2.4 later, 2.4 still has the restriction.
> >
> > As for modversions on 2.5, well you know my opinion ;).
>
> A backport is not that likely. The patch removes iget4 and as a result
> breaks compatibility for binary-only kernel modules that use iget and/or
> iget4. So, I don't believe this patch is appropriate for a stable series.
It will need decent testing + backport of knfsd changes to 2.4 to become
a candidate for merge.
As for the binary compatibility... as long as we are source-compatible
(i.e. keep ->read_inode2 and provide a compatible iget4()) - compatibility
is not a problem. Anyone who ships binary-only modules is playing in the
traffic and if they become a roadkill - it's Not Our Problem(tm). Think
of it as evolution in action...
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