Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC] Add kernel<->userspace ABI stability documentation | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:10:50 +0100 |
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> Then I suggest you work with the ALSA developers to come up with such a > "stable" api that never changes. They have been working at this for a > number of years, if it was a "simple" problem, it would have been done > already... > > Anyway, netlink is in the same category, with a backing userspace > library tie :) > > And, I have nothing against shipping userspace libraries with the kernel > like this, if people think that's the easiest way to do it. But even > then, the raw interface is still "private" and you need to use the > library to access it properly.
if it's this volatile, the lib should come with the kernel.
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