From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:02:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:02:46 -0400 Received: from tolkor.sgi.com ([198.149.18.6]:49341 "EHLO tolkor.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:02:39 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 22:21:59 -0400 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Alan Cox Cc: Marcelo Tosatti , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix drm ioctl ABI default Message-ID: <20020927222159.A5124@sgi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Alan Cox , Marcelo Tosatti , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20020927212752.E4733@sgi.com> <1033153674.16726.10.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1033153674.16726.10.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk>; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 08:07:54PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 08:07:54PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > With all the vendors now shipping 4.2 this seems a bad thing to default > to the 4,1 interface - especially as the 4.1 server is > > o Buggy > o Has security holes that are fixed in 4.2.1 only I don't think that's the proper argument. 2.4.20 silently breaking systems that worked fine with 2.4.19 is not the way new linux releases work. Vendors can of course feel free to have the new ABI by default.