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

[Alan Bartlett]

On 10 April 2010 17:00, Phil Perry <phil at elrepo.org> wrote:
> 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?

Yes, I thought long and hard about it, but decided against using one.  ;-)

Alan.