On Sat, 09 Jun 2018 17:17:45 +0530, Subhashini Rao Beerisetty said:
> My question related to backward compatibility is: If an APIâs signature
> changed from kernel version x.y.z onwards, does the mainline tree code uses
> the below mentioned logic?
> #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(x,y
On Sat, Jun 09, 2018 at 05:17:45PM +0530, Subhashini Rao Beerisetty wrote:
> My question related to backward compatibility is: If an API’s signature
> changed from kernel version x.y.z onwards, does the mainline tree code uses
> the below mentioned logic?
>
>
> #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VE
My question related to backward compatibility is: If an API’s signature
changed from kernel version x.y.z onwards, does the mainline tree code uses
the below mentioned logic?
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(x,y,z)
#else
#endif
Regarding long term release kernels, what here ‘long ter
On Sat, 09 Jun 2018 00:57:19 +0530, Shyam Saini said:
> You always have option to test your hardware and report issues if any.
> If mainline breaks for your hardware then you can choose any known
> stable kernel version.
> You can patch and test it as per your needs.
If mainline breaks, you shoul
> Hi All,
Hi Subhashini
> Apologies for the dull questions, I’m noob, need to learn lot more stuff.
>
>
>
> We’ve a bunch of hardware & test systems, we started this project by opting
> ubuntu distro 16.04 LTS v4.4 kernel for development of device drivers, test
> utilities.
>
>
> I’d like to kno
Hi All,
Apologies for the dull questions, I’m noob, need to learn lot more stuff.
We’ve a bunch of hardware & test systems, we started this project by opting
ubuntu distro 16.04 LTS v4.4 kernel for development of device drivers, test
utilities.
I’d like to know, what are the differences betw
