Re: new release pending

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> 4. Remove backcompat support for pre-2.6 kernels.
>
> The git-log, Changelog file, and release notes in Ubuntu Launchpad
> claim that backwards compatibility for pre-2.6 kernels has been
> removed.  In fact, "insmod.old" and friends are still supported.  The
> patch in question simply removed an unused include from modprobe,
> which didn't support backcompat in the first place (!).

I fail reading code again.  For the record, modprobe did include
backcompat, and Andreas' patch did remove it.  The other commands
still do backcompat though (and I'd still like to get rid of it).

Alan
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