On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 01:52:29PM -0500, Guilherme Nelson F De Souza wrote:
>
> Thanks, Victor.
>
> However...
>
> >Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 11:44:16 -0700
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: V1API
> >
> >Compatibility is maintained. Just define the right config variable.
> >
>
> Not really. I cannot use V2 with old linux kernels, and I cannot
> use V1 with new kernels... In other words, if I get a new machine,
You should be able to use V1 with the new kernels by defining the
right config variable. If there is a problem, let me know. We are
commited to making the RTkernel backward _source_ compatible.
> freshly installed with the new linux kernel, I am forced to move
> to V2. But I still have my old linux boxes running old kernels and
> V1. I don't like the idea of having to upgrade all these boxes, and
> it's a pain to maintain different versions of my application (one
> for V1, one for V2, ... Vn) ;-)
>
> But I guess you don't like maintaining different APIs either,
> right? :-)
>
>
> >...
> >
> >> 3) Can I have both the V2_API and V1_API active at the
> >> same time?
> >
> >No. It got too confusing with times in ticks and in nanoseconds.
> >If you look at rtl_compat.c you can see how similar the new API is to
> >the old one.
>
>
> I understand that. But still, I have to maintain a code with lots
> of "ifdef CONFIG_RTL_USE_V1_API"... :-(
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gui
>
>
>
>
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