On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 03:23:09PM -0800, Jesse Gross wrote:
> Most necessary compatibility code is simply backported versions
> of kernel functions from newer kernels.  These belong in the compat
> directory, where they can be transparently picked up when necessary.
> However, in some situations there is code that is different
> depending on the kernel version but is always needed in some form.
> Here it is desirable to segregate the code but it does not really
> belong in the compat directory because it does not exist in upstream
> kernels.  This moves those functions to a compat file, which makes
> the meaning clear and prevents problems when Open vSwitch is integrated
> into other projects.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>
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