Backward Compatibility

Main Topics Index

Issue #332, Section #2 (17�Oct�2005:�An Attempt To Clean Up The Boot Code)
Issue #311, Section #9 (5�Jun�2005:�New Automatic Kernel Tunables (AKT) Project Begun)
Issue #306, Section #7 (11�Apr�2005:�FUSE Breaks Backward Compatibility)
Issue #304, Section #1 (3�Apr�2005:�Secure Digital (SD) Support For 2.6)
Issue #300, Section #5 (29�Mar�2005:�New yaird Replacement For mkinitrd)
Issue #294, Section #2 (2�Feb�2005:�Some Debate On The Development Model)
Issue #279, Section #3 (20�Oct�2004:�ipchains And ipfwadm To Be Removed; iptables Replacing Them, But Not Yet Fully Ready)
Issue #278, Section #8 (19�Oct�2004:�hotplug Scripts Version 20040920 Released)
Issue #265, Section #11 (30�Jun�2004:�uClinux Cross-Compiler Toolchain Updated)
Issue #264, Section #3 (25�Jun�2004:�Reworking Capability Support In 2.6)
Issue #264, Section #14 (25�Jun�2004:�UMSDOS May Be Dropped From 2.6)
Issue #263, Section #12 (14�Jun�2004:�Documentation On Building External Modules)
Issue #259, Section #7 (22�May�2004:�The Future Of dnotify)
Issue #259, Section #18 (22�May�2004:�Hotplug Scripts Updated)
Issue #256, Section #2 (2�Apr�2004:�Proposal: A Layered Kernel)
Issue #249, Section #14 (27�Jan�2004:�Hotplug Scripts Version 2004_01_05 Released)
Issue #245, Section #1 (14�Dec�2003:�Status Of 2.4; Some Discussion Of Interface Stability In All Kernels)
Issue #244, Section #1 (8�Dec�2003:�modules.pnpmap Output Support)
Issue #239, Section #8 (1�Nov�2003:�Driver Update For MPT Fusion)
Issue #236, Section #5 (26�Oct�2003:�Kernel Port-Availability Security Suggestion)
Issue #227, Section #13 (11�Aug�2003:�NFS Compatibility Breakage From 2.4 To 2.6)
Issue #224, Section #4 (30�Jul�2003:�Expected Changes From 2.4 To 2.6)
Issue #219, Section #1 (16�Jun�2003:�Futex Updates; Backward Compatibility Policy)
Issue #215, Section #4 (9�May�2003:�Static Device Numbering Enhancements)
Issue #215, Section #10 (9�May�2003:�More 64-Bit mknod Discussion)
Issue #212, Section #7 (6�Apr�2003:�Modutils 2.4.25 Released)
Issue #194, Section #1 (2�Dec�2002:�Linux 2.4.20-rc2 Released)
Issue #186, Section #8 (29�Sep�2002:�Module Updates)
Issue #186, Section #14 (29�Sep�2002:�New ext3 Indexed-Directory Patch)
Issue #184, Section #8 (15�Sep�2002:�libaio Developer Confusion)
Issue #169, Section #3 (2�Jun�2002:�Backward Compatibility)
Issue #162, Section #2 (14�Apr�2002:�Kernel Licensing Discussion)
Issue #146, Section #6 (17�Dec�2001:�Developer Scuffle In 2.4)
Issue #124, Section #9 (2�Jul�2001:�Porting From 2.0/2.2 To 2.4)
Issue #112, Section #11 (23�Mar�2001:�2.4 Not Backward Compatible With 2.2)
Issue #105, Section #15 (2�Feb�2001:�Option To Disable printk() Output)
Issue #102, Section #5 (12�Jan�2001:�The Future Of modutils)
Issue #99, Section #3 (25�Dec�2000:�sysklogd Cleanup; Using Kernel Headers In User-Space Programs)
Issue #97, Section #6 (11�Dec�2000:�'modprobe' Infinite Loop On Buggy Drivers)
Issue #95, Section #9 (27�Nov�2000:�Some Explanation Of Modules Exporting Symbols)
Issue #80, Section #4 (14�Aug�2000:�Symlinks In The Kernel; Kernel/Library/etc Interface Dispute)
Issue #78, Section #3 (31�Jul�2000:�Some Explanation Of Edge-Triggered Versus Level-Triggered Interrupts)
Issue #66, Section #4 (8�May�2000:�'modutils' Cleanup)
Issue #65, Section #5 (1�May�2000:�Philosophy Of Backward Compatibility In The Kernel)
Issue #63, Section #1 (17�Apr�2000:�NetWare Filesystem Sources Published)
Issue #60, Section #7 (27�Mar�2000:�Tulip Driver Developer Flame War)
Issue #56, Section #4 (28�Feb�2000:�Kernel Documentation)
Issue #48, Section #1 (27�Dec�1999:�Binary Module Portability Across Kernel Versions)
Issue #48, Section #8 (27�Dec�1999:�glibc Including Kernel Headers)
Issue #44, Section #5 (22�Nov�1999:�Kernel Support For Binary-Only Programs)
Issue #42, Section #2 (8�Nov�1999:�Protecting The Kernel From Root)
Issue #42, Section #6 (8�Nov�1999:�Backward Compatibility In The Unstable Tree)
Issue #41, Section #6 (1�Nov�1999:�Some Explanation Of The Kernel Development Process)
Issue #38, Section #2 (11�Oct�1999:�ext3 Filesystem Status; ACLs)
Issue #27, Section #5 (15�Jul�1999:�kernel/resource.c Backwards Compatibility)
Issue #27, Section #10 (15�Jul�1999:�Legacy Compatibility)
Issue #27, Section #14 (15�Jul�1999:�'.config' Backward Compatibility)
Issue #24, Section #7 (24�Jun�1999:�Renovating 'mount')
Issue #15, Section #2 (22�Apr�1999:�Journalling And 'Capabilities' In ext3)
Issue #7, Section #2 (24�Feb�1999:�The Bubble Bursts For BIOS Backward Compatibility)
Issue #3, Section #3 (28�Jan�1999:�ioctl Documentation; Legacy Features)

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