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Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 11:06:30 +0000
From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
To: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
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Subject: Re: Linux Device Drivers 3rd Edition
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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