-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 01:39:02PM -0400, Gery wrote: > Erik Mouw wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 11:23:42AM -0400, gxk wrote: >>> i have kernel 2.6.11 and want to apply platform_driver patch from 2.6.18 >> Your question is like: "I have a Ford Model T car and I want to install >> a 2007 Ford Mondeo engine.". That won't work, better get a Mondeo with >> the engine included. >> Same with Linux: backporting recent patches to ancient kernels is so >> much work that you will end up with a kernel close to a recent kernel. >> Better start with that recent kernel in the first place. >> > Is it true also for platform_driver patch? Yes, why wouldn't it be true? In the two years after 2.6.11 got released lots of things changed. You really don't want to work with ancient kernels, there is simply no community support for them. Nobody cares about bugs in ancient kernels, they are probably already known and fixed in newer kernels. Erik - -- They're all fools. Don't worry. Darwin may be slow, but he'll eventually get them. -- Matthew Lammers in alt.sysadmin.recovery -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGzYM//PlVHJtIto0RArLHAJ9WhVRp53RSz6+7KC6eQ3E0hdcpAgCfTfxI /kwUkmpzRXGt7SjmEvEQADQ= =Xd3Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
