From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 11:57:53 -0500 From: Russ Cox To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] VESA ISO Changes? In-Reply-To: <20051103173930.3f2c47bf.20h@r-36.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <283f5df10511030828s5ff4b69ciac58f8675da06e77@mail.gmail.com> <20051103173930.3f2c47bf.20h@r-36.net> Topicbox-Message-UUID: a4622c44-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > The kernels that are run are from April and the rest from the distrib- > ution from Bell Labs. The reason could be that these kernels get in- > compatible to the userland. If that happens, then I have to stop the > generation of the ISO and we have to wait until the VESA integration > is completed. I don't want to maintain patches to backport to April. The binary interface to the kernel has not changed since the 9P2000 support went in. Give us a little credit: we don't just break binary compatibility on a whim. The vesa code will be included with the new VM changes, which should appear within a week or so. Russ