From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>,
Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>,
konrad.wilk@oracle.com, kumar.gala@freescale.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cmetcalf@tilera.com,
akpm@kernel.org, dsaxena@linaro.org,
linux-console@vger.kernel.org, greg@kroah.com,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] [v5] drivers/virt: introduce Freescale hypervisor management driver
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 22:25:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201106092225.08090.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DF123AA.6070402@oracle.com>
On Thursday 09 June 2011 21:48:58 Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > So is it okay to stick with 0, or do I need to pick a new number?
>
> I wasn't suggesting that you change the 0, just note that it has conflicts,
> like other ioctls do.
We normally don't try to maintain binary compatibility with out of tree
kernel patches. That only leads to inferior interfaces finding their way
into the kernel.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-09 20:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-09 19:13 [PATCH 7/7] [v5] drivers/virt: introduce Freescale hypervisor management driver Timur Tabi
2011-06-09 19:40 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-06-09 19:47 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-09 19:48 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-06-09 20:25 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2011-06-09 20:13 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-09 20:18 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-09 20:31 ` Greg KH
2011-06-09 20:40 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-09 20:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-10 10:45 ` Mark Brown
2011-06-10 8:32 ` [PATCH 7/7] [v5] drivers/virt: introduce Freescale hypervisormanagement driver David Laight
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