Re: [PATCH] macros to detect existance of unlocked_ioctl andioctl_compat

[Lee Revell]

On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 15:14 +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 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.
> 

Um, alsa-devel is not moderated, we accept posts from non subscribers.
Where do you think all the spam in our archive comes from?

Lee

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