Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262930AbVDHTF0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Apr 2005 15:05:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262932AbVDHTF0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Apr 2005 15:05:26 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:18182 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262930AbVDHTFC (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Apr 2005 15:05:02 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:05:00 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Franco Sensei Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [INFO] Kernel strict versioning Message-ID: <20050408190500.GF15688@stusta.de> References: <4256C89C.4090207@tin.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4256C89C.4090207@tin.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1558 Lines: 39 On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 01:08:28PM -0500, Franco Sensei wrote: >... > Actually changing a kernel results in creating a /lib/modules/version > directory, creating a heavy confusion for a user, especially when > compiling other modules outside the official kernel release: he juts > looses the modules and has to recompile them. > > I was wondering about the feasibility of handling just a MAJOR.MINOR > versioning. This would be quite an increment for a user to mantain his > kernel. Modules can still be loaded and found. We would have a single > /lib/modules/2.6 being much compatible with other modules, working with > 2.6.x and 2.6.y without any difficulty. Also the source tree from a > user's point of view is much cleaner, identifying the ongoing kernel > much easily. >... This has nothing to do with versioning. You are asking for ABI compatibility between different kernel versions. There is no stable ABI between different kernel versions and there will never be one. Please read Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt for details. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/