On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 09:12:02AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 12:31:38 +0000 > Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 02:56:55PM +0800, Sun Zongjun-E5739C wrote: > > > Hi, all > > > > > > I am currently using linux kernel2.6.9, but it does not support all the > > > features of core IPv6 stack. What should I pay attention to if I want > > > to porting the IPv6 stack in 2.6.18 or higher to 2.6.9? Net driver > > > change, kernel lock method, memory management, and so on? > > > > > > Thanks very much for your kindly support. > > > > There are far too many things to consider to easily backport the changes. > > Your best bet is to take a 2.6.18 tree and patch back in the 2.6.9 to > > full whatever insane requirements your architects gave you. > > Or just build 2.6.18.2 and change the version number in the Makefile if > you have some license restriction or IT bigot who says we need to stay on > 2.6.9. That's exactly what I meant to say, but I missed a 'the version number' after 'patch back'. Sigh :-) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
