Re: [Alsa-user] another in kernel alsa update that breaks backward compatibilty?

Dmitry Torokhov
2006-08-09T17:54:32Z

On 8/9/06, Sergei Steshenko <steshenko_sergei@list.ru> wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 12:36:23 -0400
> "Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > You are confused. By your logic you do not need XEN at all - just take
> > a kernel version + alsa and never change/update it - and viola!
> > "stable" ABI.
> >
>
> I simply described how one ABI (ALSA <-> kernel in this case) can
> be stabilized, while new non-ALSA related features (and potentially
> unstable ABI) can still be had.
>
> If computer has enough resources, practically every ABI can be
> stabilized (if desired) this way - as long as the ABI is PCI slot
> related.
>

And in extreme case once you "stablizie" everything you end up with a
system that is not upgradeable at all.

> That is, I can, for example, stabilize ALSA-kernel interface choosing
> (ALSA 1.0.11 + kernel 2.6.17) and I can stabilize TV card interface
> using (whatever v4l + kernel 2.6.18), etc,
>

But you are not stabilizing ABI, you are freezing a subsystem. Stable
ABI does not mean that bugs do not get fixed and new hardware support
is not being addeed, as in your case.

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Dmitry