From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964999AbVIAAZe (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:25:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965002AbVIAAZe (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:25:34 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:19611 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964999AbVIAAZd (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:25:33 -0400 Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:56:04 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: Jean Delvare , LKML , video4linux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] I2C: Drop I2C_DEVNAME and i2c_clientname Message-ID: <20050831205604.GJ19361@kroah.com> References: <20050815195704.7b61206e.khali@linux-fr.org> <1124741348.4516.51.camel@localhost> <20050825001958.63b2525c.khali@linux-fr.org> <1125360762.6186.29.camel@localhost> <20050830232008.3420f0f1.khali@linux-fr.org> <1125502498.9401.99.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1125502498.9401.99.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 12:34:58PM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > Em Ter, 2005-08-30 ?s 23:20 +0200, Jean Delvare escreveu: > > Hi Mauro, > > > > > (...) it would be nice not to have a different I2C > > > API for every single 2.6 version :-) It would be nice to change I2C > > > API once and keep it stable for a while. > > > The Linux 2.6 development model is designed around a relatively fast > > move from -mm to Linus' tree, which implies incremental changes all the > > time. I'm only doing that. > It is ok to change code, but, IMHO, API should be more stable. I take it you have not read Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt yet? If not, please do, it shows that what you are asking for will not happen. good luck, greg k-h