Linus Torvalds wrote:Oh come on, embedded systems use modules all the time, and surely you know that. My router running OpenWRT says root@gw:~# ipkg list | grep -c kmod 91 Therefore, simple kernel replacement can create a regression by doing 1) build 2.6.26 kernel, including all associated kernel module packages ("kmod-*") 2) install new kernel and associated kmod packages 3) watch system work as expected 4) build 2.6.27 kernel, including all associated kernel module packages 5) install new kernel and associated kmod packages 6) watch system fail Why fail? The package file lists for kmod-* ipkg's are unaware of any firmware needs newly added in 2.6.27. So the driver gets packaged, but ipkg build process is completely unaware of the additional firmware requirement until a manifest is updated. The normal build process appears to succeed -- yet at next boot you see that it failed. Similar breakage for driver disks. Similar breakage for older versions of mainstream distros (won't get copied into initrd, with obvious results). Does that mean you agree it's a regression? :) Sure, I'd be happy to help fix the damage. I am still surprised this was merged at all in its state, and am a bit disappointed. This one * removed choice, by removing ability to build firmware into modules * forced a flag day build process change upon all distros/builders who switch to >= 2.6.27. no build script updates == non-working drivers. * the legal subtext of these changes was not mentioned at all Generally, we don't do that. Generally, we give distros the ability to choose between old-way and new-way during a time of transition. Generally we make it easy for newer kernels to work on existing systems, maximizing the [test] audience. Jeff --
| Zach Brown | [PATCH 3 of 4] Teach paths to wake a specific void * target instead of a whole tas... |
| Linus Torvalds | Re: LSM conversion to static interface |
| Greg Kroah-Hartman | [PATCH 001/196] Chinese: Add the known_regression URI to the HOWTO |
| Andrew Morton | -mm merge plans for 2.6.23 |
git: | |
| Gregory Haskins | [RFC PATCH 00/17] virtual-bus |
| David Miller | [GIT]: Networking |
| Jarek Poplawski | Re: [PATCH] pkt_sched: Destroy gen estimators under rtnl_lock(). |
| Gerrit Renker | [PATCH 27/37] dccp: Integration of dynamic feature activation - part 2 (server side) |
