Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 21 Dec 2003 09:08:43 -0800 (PST) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: Linux Device Drivers 3rd Edition |
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Gee Jamie:
Maybe if you would or could read past comments in the thread, you'd catch a clue, but let me quote myself from a few days back.
"Point, the API is being documented, sometimes not as timely as desired."
Clearly this acknowledges the API is a snapshot in time which is published. My past experience (now discounted by all) has observed, Linus does not change, tries very hard to avoid changing, the kernel API during a kernel series minor revsion number.
I think I will use one of my favorite viro quotes that I gotten many times over the years.
"Sod Off!"
Cheers,
Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Andre Hedrick wrote: > > So this is the third release to publish the documented API to the writing > > kernel level device drivers? > > I guess not: it's a guide (a good one), but not an exact reference, > due to the fact that the API changes from version to version, and that > the kernel API is not required to match the documentation. > > -- Jamie >
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