Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 15:37:20 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel
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On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 12:05:20AM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote:
> 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.

Both lwn.net and the kernelnewbies wiki are trying to track this.

thanks,

greg k-h
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