From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
To: Jacek Lawrynowicz <jacek.lawrynowicz@linux.intel.com>, corbet@lwn.net
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, simona.vetter@ffwll.ch,
airlied@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: driver-api: firmware: clarify userspace requirements
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:34:14 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z9QiRrYxb1AnzAvl@archie.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250314100137.2972355-1-jacek.lawrynowicz@linux.intel.com>
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On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 11:01:36AM +0100, Jacek Lawrynowicz wrote:
> +* Firmware files that affect the User API (UAPI) shall not introduce
> + changes that break existing userspace programs. Updates to such firmware
> + must ensure backward compatibility with existing userspace applications.
> + This includes maintaining consistent interfaces and behaviors that
> + userspace programs rely on.
Is it implied that the firmware UAPI MUST be designed to be right in the
first time (attempt) as it MUST be supported indefinitely?
Anyway, the wording LGTM.
Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Thanks.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-03-14 12:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-03-14 10:01 [PATCH] docs: driver-api: firmware: clarify userspace requirements Jacek Lawrynowicz
2025-03-14 12:34 ` Bagas Sanjaya [this message]
2025-03-17 22:53 ` Jonathan Corbet
2025-03-17 22:56 ` Dave Airlie
2025-03-17 23:06 ` Jonathan Corbet
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