Maintaining Out of Tree Drivers

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Oct 20, 2007 2:49 PM EDT
KernelTrap; By Jeremy Andrews
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"I'm trying to keep some external drivers up to date with the kernel, and the first two weeks after the release is the worst time for me. There is no way to distinguish the current git kernel from the latest release. It's only after rc1 is released that I can use the preprocessor to check LINUX_VERSION_CODE," explained Pavel Roskin, describing the ongoing effort to keep the out of tree MadWifi driver in sync with the latest released kernel.

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