On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 09:19, Linus Torvalds wrote: > In contrast, full-file interfaces for different kernel versions are a > _lot_ easier to merge and keep track of. They may look like "duplication", > but the advantages are legion. You don't mix different OS's and different > versions together, and that makes it much easier to support them all > without going crazy.
Of course there are also advantages to _not_ using the file-per-kernel version scheme. Keeping one set of files means time is not wasted applying the same change to multiple variations, removes the possibility of patches getting applied to one version and not another and simplifies the process of continuing to support old kernel versions. For merging, a bit of test processing on the files could always be used to remove the ugliness and clean things up. Regards, Nigel -- My work on Software Suspend is graciously brought to you by LinuxFund.org. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
