Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 16:47:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 16:47:46 -0500 Received: from ns-inetext.inet.com ([199.171.211.140]:34471 "EHLO ns-inetext.inet.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 16:47:41 -0500 Message-ID: <3A91947A.A809E37F@inet.com> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 15:47:38 -0600 From: Eli Carter Organization: Inet Technologies, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.5-15 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Russell King CC: "Albert D. Cahalan" , Mikulas Patocka , Jeff Garzik , Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: The lack of specification In-Reply-To: <200102192134.f1JLYGu18870@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Russell King wrote: > > 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. It's here: http://kernelbook.sourceforge.net:80/wiki/?KernelWiki BUT.. it's currently dead and has been since December. I'd really like to see this brought back... Eli --------------------. Rule of Accuracy: When working toward Eli Carter | the solution of a problem, it always eli.carter@inet.com `--------------------- helps if you know the answer. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/