From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19A15C4332B for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 00:06:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D27AD20777 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 00:06:04 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1584749164; bh=P77blU+WYc5d8OGwI8iIPpXB2snWCNmdFUm3u/qzuP8=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:List-ID:From; b=sBa8rxhn86kpK9jU1qQiitLXtDfE1sjqLMY3Iwl5fX/peBqhpEn7+Bf1LMGfzlu8t TU1lsm2IRcr8vSd08PDQyp1m9z0kHF3BRAyQSl6IK/IB7D0ntaazhZEAOrLAB9VaWd fubDuwLC6YHCNdmt/jk6xMVWDoIcqlJdT+EoRd2Y= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727577AbgCUAGE (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Mar 2020 20:06:04 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:50000 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726773AbgCUAGD (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Mar 2020 20:06:03 -0400 Received: from pobox.suse.cz (prg-ext-pat.suse.com [213.151.95.130]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B0EDE2076E; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 00:06:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1584749163; bh=P77blU+WYc5d8OGwI8iIPpXB2snWCNmdFUm3u/qzuP8=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=psuo2HNBZcGclb/4YMRBC7mGoShFKKY7fj0+WLb0zOEegRlE0F0guluWhxx6VIYAP Z1jYfCSPaVpnlHycJkYOkK5frY1nTH6DRRqZ0XibTVX5vPKBnIyw9iwzDMEw1I0HUZ ecbRkz5AjztEba8LTODZtLWpru6k3XmKJAARh5qU= Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 01:05:59 +0100 (CET) From: Jiri Kosina To: Peter Hutterer cc: Hans de Goede , Mario Limonciello , =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Filipe_La=EDns?= , Benjamin Tissoires , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Peter Hutterer , Richard Hughes Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: logitech-dj: issue udev change event on device connection In-Reply-To: <20200319022331.GA2384843@jelly> Message-ID: References: <20200318161906.3340959-1-lains@archlinux.org> <20200319022331.GA2384843@jelly> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LSU 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-input@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 19 Mar 2020, Peter Hutterer wrote: > > Then we would need to support that attribute forever. IMHO the best > > option is to just make a uname call and check the kernel version, with > > the code marked to be removed in the future when kernels older then > > $version are no longer something we want to support. Oh, this doesn't work *at all* with distro kernels backporting everything that passess by to kernels with major versions looking years old. I (as one of the "guilty ones" with my distro hat on) am not at all saying it's perfect, but that's the way it is. -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs