[openib-general] [RFC] IB address translation using ARP

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 03:39:53PM -0700, Grant Grundler wrote:
> Open source does NOT ignore legacy applications:
> 1) Anyone can continue to update and run on the linux kernel version
>    they have source code for if they don't want to (or can't) change
>    the application or newer kernels break the ABI.
>    Many people are still very happy using 2.4 linux kernels.

Actually if your aplication plays by the rules and breaks with a new
kernel that's a major bug.  We definitly guarantee that applications
that use the defined syscall interface work on new kernels indefinitly.
That doesn't mean they will get all the new features, though.