Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932189AbVJCILg (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 04:11:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932191AbVJCILg (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 04:11:36 -0400 Received: from warden3-p.diginsite.com ([208.147.64.186]:60368 "HELO warden3.diginsite.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932189AbVJCILe (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 04:11:34 -0400 From: David Lang To: vikas gupta Cc: linux-aio@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, suparna@in.ibm.com, bcrl@kvack.org, sebastien.dugue@bull.net X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang.diginsite.com In-Reply-To: dlang@dlang.diginsite.com References: dlang@dlang.diginsite.com Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 01:11:05 -0700 (PDT) X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang.diginsite.com Subject: Re: AIO Support for kernel 2.6.11 ?????? In-Reply-To: <20051003075519.98008.qmail@web8409.mail.in.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <20051003075519.98008.qmail@web8409.mail.in.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2634 Lines: 73 Patch support for 2.6.11 was terminated when 2.6.12 was released (and support for 2.6.12 was then terminated when 2.6.13 was released) this is the way kernel development works. anyone (including you) is allowed to pick a release and provide patch support for i, including backporting features from later kernels. most distributions do this to a greater or lesser degree. don't expect patches from leter kernels to apply cleanly. if they do you are lucky, if they don't then you need to apply the 'modification; you mention in point3 until they do work, however you will be pretty much on your own for doing that work. I can't answer your specific questions about AIO so I'll leave it at that. David Lang On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, vikas gupta wrote: > Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 08:55:19 +0100 (BST) > From: vikas gupta > To: linux-aio@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, suparna@in.ibm.com, > bcrl@kvack.org, sebastien.dugue@bull.net > Subject: AIO Support for kernel 2.6.11 ?????? > > hi All > > 1) I like to ask why patch support is not provided for > 2.6.11 kernel.... > > 2) What needs to be done in order to use 2.6.11 kernel > with full AIO Support > > 3) Is it possible to apply 2.6.13-rc6-B0-all.diff > patch provided by ben to2.6.11 kernel after some > modification,and if that is done whether i be able to > get full kernel AIO Support > > 4) if i applied suparna's patches with > linux-2.6.12-PAIO-0.6.tar on linux-2.6.12-rc6 kernel,I > am getting Some errors with respect to suparna's > patches.Thay are not getting applied cleanly... > So i am trying to manually applied them ...but will i > be able to Full AIO Support after > applying those patches on linux-2.6.12-rc6 . > > > vikas > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com > - > 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/ > -- There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. -- C.A.R. Hoare - 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/