[Pvfs2-developers] some testing questions

[Rob Ross]

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Murali Vilayannur wrote:
> Sam,
> Getting code into the mainline kernel is an uphill task and is really
> not worth the pain. A lot of our code may get restructured (especially
> some of the vfs/dcache related hooks)
> Once we drop all support for 2.4 kernels, I think maintaining configure 
> checks
> and the #ifdef checks in the kernel module don't seem that daunting
> (hopefully ;))
> thanks,
> Murali
> 
>> Since the client has to be shipped separately, and the versions
>> between kernel module and client have to match, I think it ends up
>> being easier to just ship them together.  That being said, I've been
>> smacked by the #ifdef checks in the kernel module in order to support
>> all the different kernel versions still out there.  It can make the
>> code hard to follow.  Someone with more history can answer this
>> better though I'm sure.
>>
>> -sam
>>
>> >
>> > - David Brown
>> >
>>
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