Oliver Hartkopp wrote:
> Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
>> Wolfram Sang wrote:
>>>> Threaded irqs entered the kernel with 2.6.30. How do you want to
>>>> maintain backward compatibility with older kernels.
>>> That is not a requirement for mainline inclusion, is it?
>> Right, not for mainline but for SVN trunk.
> 
> I would suggest, if the *better* technology can only be implemented in
> mainline, the SVN can contain the *old* technology.

Fine for me.

> In this case:
> 
> - mainline with threaded irqs
> - SVN with workqueues
> 
> If it can be managed without a complete #ifdef hell, we might consider to put
> it into one file or split it up into two files, like i did for bcm.c and
> bcm-prior-2-6-22.c in the SVN.

That would also be my favorite solution. I thought that Christian patch
was for the SVN trunk and therefore I asked.

Wolfgang.
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