Re: Linux v2.5.40 - and a feature freeze reminder

Vojtech Pavlik (vojtech@suse.cz)
Tue, 1 Oct 2002 19:02:17 +0200


On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 08:25:04AM -0400, jlnance@intrex.net wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 12:32:47AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> > And if it wasn't clear to the non-2.5-development people out there, yes
> > you _should_ also test this code out even before the freeze. The IDE layer
> > shouldn't be all that scary any more, and while there are still silly
> > things like trivially non-compiling setups etc, it's generally a good idea
> > to try things out as widely as possible before it's getting too late to
> > complain about things..
>
> Do the ps/2 mouse and the keyboard work like they did in 2.4 (same /dev
> major/minor)? I tried 2.5 early on but quit because I couldnt see my
> input devices. At the time I posted a note and got some responses, but
> it appeared that I would have to change things around such that they
> wouldnt work with 2.4 anymore, which I was not willing to do.

If you enable enough options they work interchangeably with 2.4, yes.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs
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