From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Return-Path: Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:59417 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932418Ab3CQVnk (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:43:40 -0400 Message-ID: <1363556604.3937.285.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> Subject: Re: Bug#703142: compatibility with alx ? From: Ben Hutchings To: backports@vger.kernel.org Cc: 703142@bugs.debian.org, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Camale=F3n?= Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:43:24 +0000 In-Reply-To: <1363544257.3937.278.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> References: <20130317144603.GA4850@stt008.linux.site> <1363532310.3937.266.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> <20130317152428.GA4940@stt008.linux.site> <1363544257.3937.278.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-gjsHfV6bj1ljXmlcHoaO" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: backports-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-gjsHfV6bj1ljXmlcHoaO Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [Re-sending to the correct list address.] On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 16:24 +0100, Camale=C3=B3n wrote: > El 2013-03-17 a las 14:58 +0000, Ben Hutchings escribi=C3=B3: >=20 > > On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 15:46 +0100, Camale=C3=B3n wrote: >=20 > (...) >=20 > > > Using Debian's stock network driver is not an option for me (full rep= ort=20 > > > available here=C2=B2) so I have to try with the latests drivers but n= ow that=20 > > > "compat-drivers" are compiled the generated modules cannot be loaded.= =20 > > >=20 > > > Is there any by-pass for this?=20 > > >=20 > > > =C2=B9http://marc.info/?t=3D136351034300002&r=3D1&w=3D2 > > > =C2=B2http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D664767 > >=20 > > Talk to the compat-drivers developers. >=20 > To be sincere, I don't think that's a user's role. >=20 > I don't know what's going on with these drivers but if they are not=20 > supported by Debian at all it would be better for all of us (plain=20 > users and developers) to simply say it so to avoid wasting time and=20 > resources. I would like to support them, in fact more than that I would like to integrate them into official packages. But there is no way we can support an OOT module that defines symbols that we might need to add for our own backports. As it is 'compat' will ironically cause incompatibility with Debian's own kernel upgrades. Compat developers: please add a prefix (not 'compat', that one's already taken!) to all the symbols exported by the 'compat' module. Just #define'ing the function/variable name before declaring them should avoid the need for any changes to the drivers using it. Ben. --=20 Ben Hutchings Usenet is essentially a HUGE group of people passing notes in class. - Rachel Kadel, `A Quick Guide to Newsgroup Etiquette= ' --=-gjsHfV6bj1ljXmlcHoaO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUAUUY4/Oe/yOyVhhEJAQpHHg/+OE7L5B1OgpvE5Go1qhuLcBh2OmS+S+qa UC3+KVGHZ30kQH5JFE+CuN2rC/hFZhUMsN5smya9nftbb+E08LSaoOBrSvaNRg/N uHlxFmiAyQX0xQrcsjFP+/afyMmW+F+ACzOI9DvFGaUy//IPgW6LblSpBWe4fXXs kzy0S3Mj0P9waqiZUl3t9/9ngOwvnetVOjW3EavZG9BqT9Jum+k3yTgLkxaZdKWm +pmE7qa4Tn3D7SutrOr3Gy3E7k5VfYj5G2J1AMjxZrU4wpe9uK+GC0KElNcfPgSv WNNXeqVfgZfELOqDV5c9eoJjQ2wblDfaeBj79dNKaTng2I2/ajazGAw55zm8eaQb TGa9HRt5Sbidf4GRay4EeFIK9ZsL8sbhoSM8nm9hm3E3mqvwloML0OnJz2Bxk5Ca PgM3ilH35CfsBCmN6qZ/P3krLLw91qTnHPs22BnjWCmRcQ0RTKZiMTPMGSYqH7MF Q2yxxjSBr1f8m4Z+mwBoKIoIPcQbxgi8Z42B8wDtPiW/3gcUjU3q+iwNNsJV1lmf dac96kFw1CrrTU7YlrcR4cGHzXA1OeXmRcOWXw+DOMsPMwh6mTRt4VQYwLbpcx5l BPiB3ftssGwNWK/4PZcZN6Y1seZ4wRWfSYACcAG1K7bLzniSwetIM5Rv5smHO/Wc mXXEacRBp1o= =cIz+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-gjsHfV6bj1ljXmlcHoaO--