On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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]>

Thanks, I pushed both of these patches.
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