Dave Jones ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > > [*] I don't know any details of the /proc incompatibility which davej > > mentions, and I'd like to. That sounds like a screw-up. > > We changed the format of /proc/slabinfo. Running slabtop threw up > an error message complaining that the format had changed. > > It was a graceful failure, but a failure none-the-less. > > Other failures have been somewhat more dramatic. > I know ipsec-tools, and alsa-lib have both caused pain > on at least one occasion after the last 2-3 kernel updates.
The ones I remember were: - alsa-lib, as mentioned - ipsec-tools/openswan needed updating when the kernel changed to require forward SAs - a old script on an earlier release needed fixed when usbdevfs finally went from being deprecated to dead SELinux changed froom 2.6.early to 2.6.current as well, IIRC. Bill - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
