From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Andy Walls <awalls@radix.net>
Cc: Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>,
Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Amerigo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>,
Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] kfifo: new API v0.6
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:20:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091028032049.GB7744@basil.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1256694571.3131.26.camel@palomino.walls.org>
> Here's a V4L-DVB cx23885 module change, that is on its way upstream,
> that uses kfifo as is:
>
> http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb/rev/a2d8d3d88c6d
>
> Do you really have to break the old API?
That was extensively discussed in the original patch kit submission,
and yes there are good reasons. You will just have to adapt
the driver if it gets in after the new kfifo patches; if kfifo
gets in later it'll have to adapt it.
-Andi
--
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-28 3:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-28 1:49 [PATCH 0/7] kfifo: new API v0.6 Andy Walls
2009-10-28 3:20 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2009-10-28 5:36 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-11-16 11:50 Stefani Seibold
2009-11-18 21:33 ` Andrew Morton
2009-10-24 13:33 Stefani Seibold
2009-10-25 1:48 ` Andi Kleen
2009-10-25 8:12 ` Stefani Seibold
2009-10-30 22:24 ` Greg KH
2009-10-31 7:50 ` Stefani Seibold
2009-10-31 19:10 ` Greg KH
2009-11-01 9:50 ` Stefani Seibold
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