From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161269AbWLPRWP (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:22:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161272AbWLPRWP (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:22:15 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:3813 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1161269AbWLPRWO (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:22:14 -0500 Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:22:13 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Jeff Garzik Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] more ftape removal Message-ID: <20061216172213.GA10316@stusta.de> References: <20061213130515.GB3851@stusta.de> <45842095.5040107@garzik.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45842095.5040107@garzik.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 11:36:37AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > >This patch removes some more ftape code. > > > >Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk > > this affects userspace exported headers, so I'm not sure we want to kill > that. even if the interface is gone is current kernels, people might > want to build binaries against these headers that work on older kernels. Can you be more specific? Building ftape-utils has already been broken by you removing four userspace exported ftape headers in your ftape removal patch. > Jeff cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed