From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757478AbYDBP2n (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:28:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755491AbYDBP2g (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:28:36 -0400 Received: from netops-testserver-3-out.sgi.com ([192.48.171.28]:45223 "EHLO relay.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755373AbYDBP2f (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:28:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 10:28:31 -0500 From: Paul Jackson To: Mike Travis Cc: mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86: add cpuset_scnprintf function Message-Id: <20080402102831.4e29b299.pj@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <47F399EE.4080704@sgi.com> References: <20080401225422.064890000@polaris-admin.engr.sgi.com> <20080402012006.1722c2bd.pj@sgi.com> <47F399EE.4080704@sgi.com> Organization: SGI X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.12.0; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mike wrote: > But where is the API spec for /proc outputs? I'd like to see how others > have managed to change it in the past, and what are the rules for doing so. The primary spec is the actual behaviour, unless that's clearly busted. Changes are usually done by adding files, lines and fields, not changing the format of existing fields. Perhaps you should give me a call ... I sense that the lack of synchrony in our viewpoints is discomforting in this forum. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson 1.940.382.4214