Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 03:27:09 -0000 From: "Cameron Grant" <gandalf@vilnya.demon.co.uk> To: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Warner Losh" <imp@harmony.village.org> Cc: <arch@FreeBSD.ORG>, <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: newpcm/kobj MFC Message-ID: <007101c08423$33d961a0$1004020a@darkstar> References: <200101212236.f0LMajc09302@green.dyndns.org> <200101220213.f0M2D6903850@harmony.village.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> In message <200101212236.f0LMajc09302@green.dyndns.org> "Brian F. Feldman"
writes:
> : Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> wrote:
> : > In message <003401c0833c$39ac3f40$1004020a@darkstar> "Cameron Grant"
writes:
> : > : unless vetoed for good reason, i intend to MFC kobj support into 4.x
and
> : >
> : > Wouldn't the kobj merge break binary compatibility that we're trying
> : > to maintain?
> :
> : And then make it so that binary compatibility will be preserved between
5.0
> : and 4.X for newpcm modules? (at least until the driver is properly
locked
> : ...)
>
> There is no way in heck that a 4.x driver will run on 5.x right now.
once newpcm in 4.x is kobjified, drivers from 5.x will at least be source
compatible, and appear to be binary compatible from the quick test i just
did, though i'm not sure how dependancy data is handled.
-cg
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?007101c08423$33d961a0$1004020a>