Re: [PATCH] macros to detect existance of unlocked_ioctl and ioctl_compat

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 04:09:42PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> I would agree that it shouldn't be used for in tree code, but for
> out of tree code it is rather useful. There are other such feature macros
> for major driver interface changes too (e.g. in the network stack).

Which is the only place doing it.  We had this discussion in the past
(lastone I revolve Greg vetoed it).  We simply shouldn't clutter our
headers for the sake of out of tree drivers - with LINUX_VERSION_CODE
we've already implemented a mechanism for out of tree drivers.

p.s. droppe alsa-devel from Cc because of the braindead moderation policy.
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