Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel

[David Ranson <david@unsolicited.net>]

Adrian Bunk wrote:

>- support for ipfwadm and ipchains was removed during 2.6
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Surely this one had loads of notice though? I was using iptables with
2.4 kernels.

>- devfs support was removed during 2.6
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Did this affect many 'real' users?

>- removal of kernel support for pcmcia-cs is pending
>- ip{,6}_queue removal is pending
>- removal of the RAW driver is pending
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I don't use any of these. I guess pcmcia-cs may be disruptive for laptop
users.

So far I don't see evidence to suggest huge repeated userspace breakages
between Kernel versions that were implied earlier in this thread.
Whatever, we aren't going to see any more stable branches without
volunteers to do the spadework. As has been pointed out, this won't
always be an easy task.

David

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