RE: [PATCH] convering bonding driver /proc interface to seq_file

["Hen, Shmulik" <shmulik.hen@xxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:shemminger@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 6:45 PM
> To: James Morris
> Cc: Hen, Shmulik; Chad Tindel; Jay Vosburgh; David S. Miller; 
> Jeff Garzik; bonding-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] convering bonding driver /proc interface 
> to seq_file
> 
> Using a pointer with seq_file was really easy.
[snip]
>               seq->private = PDE(inode)->data;

Yes, but PDE(inode) does not exist in 2.4 yet, and we wanted
to achieve compatibility between bonding in 2.6 and 2.4 first
so we may then update 2.6 bonding which is too far behind
what's in 2.4 bonding. Once this is done it will be possible
to develop on 2.6, and back port into 2.4 from time to time.


        Shmulik.