Re: Patch: =?UTF-8?Q?lirc=5Fserial=20-=20migration=20to=20=22platform=20d?= =?UTF-8?Q?river=22=20model?=

[Andrei T. <an...@un...>]

>>>> This patch has been tested with kernels 2.6.19 and higher only. The
> basic
> 
>>> I would like to include this, but it fails to compile on 2.4 kernels.
>>> Could you make a patch which is backwards compatible and compiles on
> any
>>> 2.4 and 2.6 kernel version?
> 
>> The attached patch fixes the backwards compatibility issue. I've
>> regression-tested it with kernel 2.6.20.7, can't test it with older
> kernels,
>> but as far as I can tell, it should work.
> 
> In older 2.6 kernels linux/platform_device.h does not exist. There seems
> to be linux/platform.h, but I'm not sure if the same functionality is
> available. Could you please check this?
> Christoph


I can't seem to find a way to find out when platform_device.h was introduced. On one hand, the structs were defined in linux/platform.h and linux/device.h well before 2.6, and on the other the structs in older version are not compatible with this code (no suspend/resume support). Why don't we just say that this patch applies to 2.6.18 (that's what I tested it with) and later. The updated patch is attached.

Thanks,
Andrei.