Re: Slow development cycle

From: Kenneth C. Arnold (kcarnold@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun May 28 2000 - 20:40:39 EST


On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 07:44:08PM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote:
> "Kenneth C. Arnold" wrote:
> > btw, do a grep of the source tree for LINUX_VERSION_CODE. The 2.2 checks are
> > explainable, but I see in that very driver:
> >
> > #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= LinuxVersionCode(2,3,17)
> > #include <linux/spinlock.h>
> > #elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= LinuxVersionCode(2,1,93)
> > #include <asm/spinlock.h>
> > #endif
> >
> > Why keep that? Should this get cleaned up? And also there are several ways
> > used to check the versions -- LinuxKernelVersion(x,y,z),
> > Linux_Kernel_Version(x,y,z), and the straight numbers in some cases,
> > to name a few. Clean these up? Okay, I'll work on it.
>
> I already have patches for this. I have just been waiting for 2.5
> before submitting them.

Great... somebody always already did what I want to do...

Why wait for 2.5?

Kenneth

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