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

[Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 21:43:24 +0300
"Hen, Shmulik" <shmulik.hen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > -----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.

#ifndef PDE
#define PDE(i) ((struct proc_dir_entry *)(i)->u.generic_ip)
#endif