Re: [RFC] Add kernel<->userspace ABI stability documentation

Alistair John Strachan
2006-02-27T20:05:08Z

On Monday 27 February 2006 19:57, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 07:52:08PM +0000, Alistair John Strachan wrote:
> > On Monday 27 February 2006 19:01, Greg KH wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > > +
> > > +Interfaces in the testing state can move to the stable state when the
> > > +developers feel they are finished. They can not be removed from the
> > > +kernel tree without going through the obsolete state first.
> > > +
> > > +It's up to the developer to place their interface in the category they
> > > +wish for it to start out in.
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ gregkh-2.6/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/devfs
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
> > > +What: devfs
> > > +Date: July 2005
> > > +Contact: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > July 2005? Either this date is wrong or the document is out of date.
>
> Heh, I wish. Have you looked at
> Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt lately?

If you're going by the time (OBSOLETE) was added to the kernel help message,
this predates July 2005. If we're going by "no earlier than when
feature-removal-schedule was introduced", then I guess this is correct.

But even now, devfs is still in the kernel.

Thanks for the answer anyway, I guess this is a non-issue (who will try to use
code that can't be selected via config?).

--
Cheers,
Alistair.

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