Pre-release kernel versioning

[David Woodhouse]

On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 20:04 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> See include/compat.h ; relevant part:
> 
> #include <linux/version.h>
> #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,21)
> #define ATH_REGISTER_SYSCTL_TABLE(t) register_sysctl_table(t, 1)
> #else
> #define ATH_REGISTER_SYSCTL_TABLE(t) register_sysctl_table(t)
> #endif
> 
> Compiling it against a recent 2.6.21 kernel from rawhide works just fine: 

I've spent a _long_ time maintaining modules outside the kernel tree; I
know about compatibility hacks like this. Trust me; you have a hybrid
thing which is neither 2.6.20 nor 2.6.21. Calling it "2.6.21" instead of
calling it "2.6.20" doesn't actually fix any problems; it only moves
them around.

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dwmw2