[elrepo-devel] Announcement: Updated kmod-atl1e testing release (Version 1.0.0.11)

[Phil Perry]

Alan Bartlett wrote:
> Announcing the release of an updated kmod-atl1e package in the
> elrepo-testing repository:
> 
> http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-atl1e
> 
> This package provides an updated atl1e driver, version 1.0.0.11, and
> is kABI compatible with all kernels from 5.0 (kernel-2.6.18-8.el5)
> upwards.
> 
> It is built to depend upon the specific ABI provided by a range of
> releases of the same variant of the Linux kernel and not on any one
> specific build.
> 
> Important information for users of the current atl1c and atl1e packages.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> ELRepo currently provides an atl1c package, version 1.0.0.11, and an
> atl1e package, version 1.0.1.0, both of which are available from the
> main repository. The atl1c package supports more devices than the
> atl1e package. The former package is only kABI compatible with kernels
>> = 2.6.18-164.el5 (EL 5.4 & upwards) whilst the latter package is kABI
> compatible with all kernels >= 2.6.18-8.el5 (EL 5.0 & upwards).
> 
> Following an extended period of investigation, the sources are
> effectively merged to give one kernel independent, kABI tracking kmod
> package that is compatible with all kernels >= 2.6.18-8.el5 (EL 5.0 &
> upwards) supporting the six devices of the current atl1c package.
> 
> Unfortunately to be consistent with the upstream vendor of the source
> code, the new package has to be released as the atl1e, with a version
> number of 1.0.0.11
> 

Would this be a case that might warrant use of an epoch?