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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: imran.f.khan@oracle.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4.14, v4.19, v5.4, v5.10, v5.15] igb: free up irq resources in device shutdown path.
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:14:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2024042321-mutt-roman-d8a2@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <def9e0ce-2998-4fe9-a4c8-151ed442e541@oracle.com>

On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 09:49:00AM +1000, imran.f.khan@oracle.com wrote:
> Hello Greg,
> Thanks for confirming and I am sorry for the confusion. I was referring to
> kABI (Kernel Application binary Interface) which is a set of in-kernel symbols
> used by drivers and other modules.
> We (Oracle Linux) try to keep it unchanged so that external third party
> kernel modules or drivers work without needing recompilation.

That is your business decision to do so, the community has no such crazy
restriction at all.

But the comunity does ask that you not top-post email replies, so
perhaps fix up your email client? :)

thanks,

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2024-04-23 11:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-03-12 15:07 [PATCH v4.14, v4.19, v5.4, v5.10, v5.15] igb: free up irq resources in device shutdown path Imran Khan
2024-03-29 13:11 ` Greg KH
2024-04-22 22:32   ` imran.f.khan
2024-04-22 23:13     ` Greg KH
2024-04-22 23:49       ` imran.f.khan
2024-04-23 11:14         ` Greg KH [this message]

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