On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 03:39:53PM -0700, Grant Grundler wrote: > Open source does NOT ignore legacy applications: > 1) Anyone can continue to update and run on the linux kernel version > they have source code for if they don't want to (or can't) change > the application or newer kernels break the ABI. > Many people are still very happy using 2.4 linux kernels.
Actually if your aplication plays by the rules and breaks with a new kernel that's a major bug. We definitly guarantee that applications that use the defined syscall interface work on new kernels indefinitly. That doesn't mean they will get all the new features, though. _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
