Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Aug 2003 15:59:30 -0700 | From | Mark McClelland <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] RFC: remove "Linux 2.4" strings |
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Randy.Dunlap wrote:
>This patch removes "Linux 2.4" printed strings from a few >drivers and net protocols. > >Instead of changing them to "Linux 2.6", they should just >be deleted, I think. Other suggestions? > These strings are sometimes useful to maintainers when handling bug reports. Vendors and users often replace drivers with out-of-tree versions to gain features that aren't included in the in-kernel version (because of licensing issues, etc...). I have had this happen with ov511 a number of times, so I add the "for Linux 2.4" now.
-- Mark McClelland mark@alpha.dyndns.org
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