From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755985AbbCBVqp (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Mar 2015 16:46:45 -0500 Received: from mail-ig0-f178.google.com ([209.85.213.178]:41812 "EHLO mail-ig0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754019AbbCBVqn (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Mar 2015 16:46:43 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1425301852-31298-1-git-send-email-geert@linux-m68k.org> References: <1425301852-31298-1-git-send-email-geert@linux-m68k.org> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 13:46:43 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Bsy93wghbpXGi-1TTnKx3SyCU0Q Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/sys.c: Add build-time check for UNAME26 From: Linus Torvalds To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Andrew Morton , Jon DeVree , Linux Kernel Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 5:10 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Add a build-time check for the major version number, to make sure Linus > will update the UNAME26 implementation (and the comment at the top of > the function) at the next version increase. I really can't imagine that anybody ever cares about the exact "2.6.x" value, as long as x > 40. So even the original "update 40 to 60" was borderline. I don't think I will ever accept an update to this any more. If anything, I'd just say "fix it at 2.6.60" or something, and get rid of the insane version code "emulation" crap. Nobody cares. Linus