Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932165AbVLCXFX (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 18:05:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932167AbVLCXFX (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 18:05:23 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:64445 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932165AbVLCXFX (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 18:05:23 -0500 X-Authenticated: #428038 Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 00:05:20 +0100 From: Matthias Andree To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel Message-ID: <20051203230520.GJ25722@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20051203135608.GJ31395@stusta.de> <1133620598.22170.14.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20051203152339.GK31395@stusta.de> <20051203162755.GA31405@merlin.emma.line.org> <1133630556.22170.26.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1133630556.22170.26.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> X-PGP-Key: http://home.pages.de/~mandree/keys/GPGKEY.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 811 Lines: 21 On Sat, 03 Dec 2005, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > Exactly that, and kernel interfaces going away just to annoy binary > > module providers also hurts third-party OSS modules, such as > > Fujitsu-Siemens's ServerView agents. > > in kernel API never was and never will be stable, that's entirely > irrelevant and independent of the proposal at hand. It's still an annoying side effect - is there a list of kernel functions removed, with version removed, and with replacement? I know of none, but then again I don't hack the kernel very often. -- Matthias Andree - 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/