Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 9 Jun 2011 13:31:17 -0700 | | From | Greg KH <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 7/7] [v5] drivers/virt: introduce Freescale hypervisor management driver |
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On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 03:18:28PM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote: > > More importantly, the code you have chose (0) conflicts with existing drivers > > (frame buffer, scsi and wavefront among others). Please chose a free one and > > add it to Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt in the same patch. > > Ok, I was really hoping to avoid doing this. Like I said, binary compatibility > is important, and changing the type will break my existing apps. Are you > insisting that I pick a new number?
Why is binary compatibility important? Isn't this a brand new driver for a brand new system? What userspace tools are out there in the wild for such a thing?
confused,
greg k-h
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