> We'll of course try to get the interface right at the first > try. OTOH... if wrong interface is in kernel for a month, I do not > think it is reasonable to keep supporting that wrong interface for a > year before it can be removed. One month of warning should be fair in > such case... Users want to be able to boot between different kernels. Tying functionality to specific versions of userspace completely screws them over. Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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