[KARMIC] UBUNTU: updated compcache version to 0.5.3
Tim Gardner
tim.gardner at canonical.com
Mon Jul 6 03:20:51 UTC 2009
Stefan Bader wrote:
> This actually renames both modules. While this is maybe the way of following
> upstream have you thought of:
>
> - will the users (and by that I mean the something like the installer)
> need changing.
> - also before both old modules were controlled by seperate config options
> CONFIG_TLSF and CONFIG_BLK_DEV_COMPCACHE (both having some suboptions).
> Now ramzswap.ko and xvmalloc.ko will be created only based on the setting
> of CONFIG_BLK_DEV_COMPCACHE. The Kconfig file still refers to TLSF, so this
> needs cleanup (either way). Actually Kconfig seems to be terribly out of
> sync with reality.
> - The Changelog says that a parameter also got changed (backing_dev ->
> backing_swap. Along with the module renames we have to make pretty sure we
> do not break something/-one.
>
> Stefan
>
Applied with Kconfig cleanups, though I'll be danged if I can figure out
what is important about 'config TLSF'. If you delete that clause, then
the ubuntu/compcache directory isn't built. Maybe one of you guys can
eyeball it.
Stefan - I think there have been several external changes to this
driver, so its likely we'll have regressions (or at least changes in
behavior) regardless of the name of the module. AFAIK we've never made
any promises about third party module ABI or name stability.
rtg
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
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