Re: [RFC/WIP 00/24] backports: disentangle header file mess

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On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Johannes Berg
<johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As we were discussing, let's disentangle the header file mess
> and the various random includes all over the place and instead
> provide each header file that needs something backported with
> those backported things and and #include_next.
>
> The list.h stuff was a bit tricky, but not really a big issue
> thanks to Hauke's idea.
>
> I'm also removing compatibility with < 2.6.24 ... it just doesn't
> seem worth it any more.
>
> Up until patch 22 it passes ckmake --allyesconfig, but then after
> that I haven't tried and clearly with patch 24 it won't, that one
> can only work for kernels 3.5 and up or so since not all of the
> compat headers are dissolved yet.
>
> One of the nice things is that we can get rid of the pr_fmt mess,
> that's a huge patch removal. But overall, this is also nicer as
> it will better replicate the include structure of the kernel.

I'm supportive of the switch.

  Luis
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