On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 12:28:05PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > Ed Maste wrote: > > >emaste 2006-01-29 15:39:09 UTC > > Note that with these changes, these drivers now depend on locking the > > global > > if_addr_mtx, so binary modules of these drivers will not work on 5.4 or > > earlier releases. > > > > > > Is the converse true? > > i.e. can older binaries (e.g. from 5.4) work on 5.5? > > this is a "must"
Robert's answer pretty much covers everything, and I also posted that same info (that older binaries will continue to work) to -STABLE. Also, I did the MFC in three parts, making sure everything continued to work as I went. That is, until this commit, the drivers did not lock the new mutex, and thus functioned exactly as old binary modules would on 5.5. The only thing I suppose I should add is that anyone contemplating releasing binary-only driver modules for FreeBSD 5.x will need to avoid locking this mutex in order to make the module work on all 5.x releases. -ed _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
