[ewg] Re: [PATCH]] ucma backport to 2.6.19

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

> Quoting Sean Hefty <sean.hefty at intel.com>:
> Subject: [PATCH]] ucma backport to 2.6.19
> 
> >Post a replacement to 2_misc_device_to_2_6_19.patch, we'll test.
> 
> I did not test this patch, but you can try replacing the contents of
> the 2_misc_device_to_2_6_19.patch with the changes below.  (It's
> possible that this may lead to some conflict further down in the patch
> chain...)

With the cross-build setup, its actually quite easy to test
a patch on all kernels. But oh well. I guess I'll do it for now.

> The function prototype for show_abi_version changed between
> 2.6.20 to 2.6.19; this was the missing piece in the original backport
> patch.

Thanks, that must be it. I looked at this briefly but missed the
fact that the # of args changed.

> I would have expected a build warning for this.

Unfortunately older and distro kernels generate a ton of warnings when built
with a recent cross-compiler. So it's easy to miss a valid one.

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