Re: after effects of a kernel API change

2007-01-18 Thread Ahmed S. Darwish
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 11:05:53AM +0530, Rajat Jain wrote: > >> > >> Is there any way volunteers like me can help in this exercise? > > > >See the /APIchanges in the Kernel Janitors TODO list > >http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors/Todo > > > [...] > 1) How do I make sure if some one is NOT wor

Re: after effects of a kernel API change

2007-01-17 Thread Eric W. Biederman
"Rajat Jain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > >> > Is there any way volunteers like me can help in this exercise? >> >> See the /APIchanges in the Kernel Janitors TODO list >> http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors/Todo >> > > Hi, > > This is regarding the link posted above. > > 1) How do I make

Re: after effects of a kernel API change

2007-01-17 Thread Rajat Jain
> > Is there any way volunteers like me can help in this exercise? See the /APIchanges in the Kernel Janitors TODO list http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors/Todo Hi, This is regarding the link posted above. 1) How do I make sure if some one is NOT working on any of the mentioned bullet po

Re: after effects of a kernel API change

2007-01-17 Thread Ahmed S. Darwish
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 09:45:04AM +0530, Daniel Rodrick wrote: > Hi list, > > Whenever there is a change in the kernel API (or a new API is > introduced), all of the drivers that use the older API need to be > changed (or recommended to be changed). I believe it is the > responsibility of the per

Re: after effects of a kernel API change

2007-01-17 Thread Greg KH
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 09:45:04AM +0530, Daniel Rodrick wrote: > Hi list, > > Whenever there is a change in the kernel API (or a new API is > introduced), all of the drivers that use the older API need to be > changed (or recommended to be changed). I believe it is the > responsibility of the per

after effects of a kernel API change

2007-01-17 Thread Daniel Rodrick
Hi list, Whenever there is a change in the kernel API (or a new API is introduced), all of the drivers that use the older API need to be changed (or recommended to be changed). I believe it is the responsibility of the person changing the kernel API, to change all the drivers that have found thei