From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Message-Id: <200102192134.f1JLYGu18870@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: The lack of specification
To: acahalan@cs.uml.edu (Albert D. Cahalan)
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 21:34:16 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz (Mikulas Patocka),
        jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com (Jeff Garzik),
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (Linux-Kernel)
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Albert D. Cahalan writes:
> The TCP maintainers do not seem to be sadistic bastards hell-bent on
> breaking your drivers. API changes usually have a good reason.

And when the API does change, like it has between Linux 2.2 and Linux 2.4,
an email gets sent to this list describing the change of API.  Search
this lists archives to find out:

1. the reasons for the change
2. a complete description of the new bits of the API

There are projects around to try to pick this stuff up and put it on the
web in one place - its called the Kernel Wiki, and iirc it is on
sourceforge.

--
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html

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