Re: [PATCH 7/9] irq-remove: scsi driver trivial

[Jeff Garzik]

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:37:47 -0400
> Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > > the other serious question is.. how is IRQ_HANDLER_V3 different
> > > from a #ifdef VERSION >= 2.6.24 .....
> > > it's not really ;)
> > Note my mention of backport -- kernel version isn't relevant when the 
> > various enterprise distros have random featuresets under random
> > kernel versions.
>
> yeah and THEY can put the defines in (RH used to do this fwiw as a
> generic "this is a RH kernel" define)....
>
> but afaik no distro vendor backports such an api change nowadays... and
> hasn't in 2.6 ever

People backport drivers all the time that must support a wide range of 
kernels.

	Jeff



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