Messages in this thread | | | From | Alistair John Strachan <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Add kernel<->userspace ABI stability documentation | Date | Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:05:17 +0000 |
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On Monday 27 February 2006 19:57, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 07:52:08PM +0000, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > > On Monday 27 February 2006 19:01, Greg KH wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > + > > > +Interfaces in the testing state can move to the stable state when the > > > +developers feel they are finished. They can not be removed from the > > > +kernel tree without going through the obsolete state first. > > > + > > > +It's up to the developer to place their interface in the category they > > > +wish for it to start out in. > > > --- /dev/null > > > +++ gregkh-2.6/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/devfs > > > @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ > > > +What: devfs > > > +Date: July 2005 > > > +Contact: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> > > > > [snip] > > > > July 2005? Either this date is wrong or the document is out of date. > > Heh, I wish. Have you looked at > Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt lately?
If you're going by the time (OBSOLETE) was added to the kernel help message, this predates July 2005. If we're going by "no earlier than when feature-removal-schedule was introduced", then I guess this is correct.
But even now, devfs is still in the kernel.
Thanks for the answer anyway, I guess this is a non-issue (who will try to use code that can't be selected via config?).
-- Cheers, Alistair.
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