Re: [Balloon] Updating old Balloon kernel patches

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Author: Chris Jones
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To: Balloon
Subject: Re: [Balloon] Updating old Balloon kernel patches
On 09/09/2011 22:17, Chris Jones wrote:
> My question: is it permissible or indeed advisable to make modifications
> in the 1.0-stable branch with kernel 2.6.29.1, or somewhere else, or
> somehow coax everything into menuconfig2 and a modern kernel? The
> thought of getting the device drivers working with a different kernel
> fills me with horror. There are enough variables in this project as it
> is, and I don't want to spend any more late nights on it.


I've gone ahead and put the changes into the 1.0-stable branch. This was
the least-effort option for me. I'm still open to being convinced about
porting them to a newer kernel version or build system.

Chris

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