[lttng-dev] [PATCH lttng-modules] RFC: Drop support for kernels < 3.0

Michael Jeanson mjeanson at efficios.com
Thu Nov 8 15:19:24 EST 2018


On 2018-11-08 3:15 p.m., Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> ----- On Nov 8, 2018, at 3:03 PM, Michael Jeanson mjeanson at efficios.com wrote:
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> Can you split this patch as follows ?
> 
> - One patch updating README.md.
> 
> - Individual patches removing older kernel ifdefs for instrumentation, per subsystem.
> 
> - Individual patches removing each old wrapper and along with its associated use,
> 
> - One patch removing all backport patches,
> 
> - One patch removing old stuff from Makefile and Kbuild (I think it's missing from
>   your patch currently),
> 
> Also, please justify in the README.md patch commit message why the 3.0 Linux kernel
> version is chosen as backward compatibility cutoff point for now.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mathieu

Will do, this was more about getting the discussion started.

Cheers,

Michael


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