On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 09:45:04AM +0530, Daniel Rodrick wrote: > Hi list, > > Whenever there is a change in the kernel API (or a new API is > introduced), all of the drivers that use the older API need to be > changed (or recommended to be changed). I believe it is the > responsibility of the person changing the kernel API, to change all > the drivers that have found their way into the kernel code? Yes, that is the case. > How does this happen? Because the person who brought the change in the > API might not know the internals of all the drivers? But they know why they made the change, so it's usually pretty obvious. If not, they merely ask for help from the original author / maintainer of the code, but that doesn't happen very often. > Is there any way volunteers like me can help in this exercise? Sure, go through the kernel building all of the different arches and all of the modules and report what breaks due to api changes. The -mm tree is the best place to test this stuff out, as that is where the changes usually occur first. good luck, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
