> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of nick > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 9:50 AM > To: Greg KH; Abhishek Sharma > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Abhishek Sharma; Kernel > Newbies > Subject: Re: Asus N53 USB WiFi Driver porting > > > > On 2014-12-18 11:26 AM, Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 08:18:24PM +0530, Abhishek Sharma wrote: > >> Hi Valdis, > >> Thanks for your reply. > >> I do not want to change kernel. > > > > "do not want to" is very different from "applications can not be > > ported to newer kernels". > > > > Please realize that the Linux kernel developers have spent the last > > decade ensuring that you should be able to update to the latest kernel > > version with no problems or changes needed in your applications. Lots > > of companies now realize this and have no problem updating to a newer > > kernel, while running their old applications. > > > > So please don't spread misinformation about how applications will > > break with new kernel versions, that is almost always not a true statement. > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kernelnewbies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > > > Abhishek, > I am to agree with Greg KH here. The kernel community does a very good job > of not breaking APIs for applications or regressions. Linus also has openly > stated > he will not accept any patches in the main line kernel tree if they break user > space so you should be fine. Further more to be honest I am very impressed > with the amount of how little APIs or regressions we get compared to the > amount of commits. Abhishek, in addition this seems more like you don't know > or are afraid of compiling the kernel over anything else. If you want post > lsmod > output from your system so I can help teach you how to build the kernel > correctly. > Nick
If it's a custom board, bringing up new kernel versions can be a quite daunting task that the management of engineering organizations is more often than not loathe to undertake. It can take a lot of education to convince them that the pain and unpredictable development schedule hit of a kernel upgrade is more than compensated for by the increases in stability and features one gets when one goes through the process. Jeff Haran _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
