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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:04:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
To: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] devfs API
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On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Richard Gooch wrote:

> - I'm leery of changing the API and breaking compatibility between 2.4
>   and 2.5 drivers. I also don't want to break out-of-tree drivers
>   without giving maintainers plenty of warning. There are a number
>   such out there

It's a bit late for that.  Compatibility between 2.4 and 2.5 in the
drivers is already broken and devfs won't be anywhere near the top of
the list.

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