Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> Paul Jackson <[email protected]> writes:
>
>
>>>You're talking about the kernel development ...
>>>
>>No. I mean that even the C API that the kernel presents to
>>user code will sometimes change or have parts disappear.
>>
>
> And it can be caused by changing kernel config?
>
> Care to show an example?
Generally it cannot be caused by changing kernel config (although kernel
config can cause syscalls to be valid or not).
However, new kernel versions can add/remove stuff. Usually stuff isn't
removed for a while after its deprecated, but there have been instances
where stuff has been added/changed/removed during unstable kernel
development.
Chris
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Chris Friesen <[email protected]> writes:
> Generally it cannot be caused by changing kernel config (although
> kernel config can cause syscalls to be valid or not).
>
> However, new kernel versions can add/remove stuff. Usually stuff
> isn't removed for a while after its deprecated, but there have been
> instances where stuff has been added/changed/removed during unstable
> kernel development.
Well, _this_ fits nicely my own idea of the situation.
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