Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:42:50 +0200 | From | Jörn Engel <> | Subject | Re: DVB Include files |
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On Wed, 25 June 2003 20:43:23 +0200, Marcus Metzler wrote: > Christoph Hellwig writes: > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 08:09:51PM +0200, Marcus Metzler wrote: > > > > If the structures change incompatibly you're fucked anyway. Better > > > > > > Not necessarily, e.g. changing > > > > > > #define AUDIO_SET_ATTRIBUTES _IOW('o', 17, audio_attributes_t) > > > #define AUDIO_SET_KARAOKE _IOW('o', 18, audio_karaoke_t) > > > > > > to > > > > > > #define AUDIO_SET_ATTRIBUTES _IOW('o', 47, audio_attributes_t) > > > #define AUDIO_SET_KARAOKE _IOW('o', 48, audio_karaoke_t) > > > > > > or > > > > In that case yes, you are screwed. Your ABI just changed incompatibly. > > Not if you recompile.
Isn't the point of an application _binary_ interface, that you don't have to recompile?
Jörn
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