Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 12:41:56 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to detect different kernel code (select or poll) Message-ID: <19971006124156.64153@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199710061926.MAA18042@usr04.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Mon, Oct 06, 1997 at 07:26:01PM %2B0000 References: <199710061015.LAA05174@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> <199710061926.MAA18042@usr04.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert scribbled this message on Oct 6: > > > what is the best way to conditionally compile code depending if select > > > or poll is in the kernel? > > > > > > the problem is that Luigi does he coding on a 2.2.x box.. and my test > > > machine is a -current box... what is the best way to get both select > > > and poll code into his sound code? > > > > I want to clarify that it's not a problem only the two of us are > > having... basically all kernel extensions which do not find their place in > > the official source distributions need to distinguish between the > > various branches, be them 2.1, 2.2.X 3.0 ... > > IMO, the best way is for the code to become part of the official source > distributions. > > But, I agree that there are some cases where this isn't possible; namely > commercial code that would prefer not to donate code, even though they > know that, if they did, it would relieve them of the maintenance burden > for things like this (there are a *lot* of things like this). Terry, what does this message have to deal with a solution to the problem that we posted?? all it does is restate what we are trying to do... -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD
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