Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161107AbVLOJLt (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:11:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161110AbVLOJLs (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:11:48 -0500 Received: from ns.firmix.at ([62.141.48.66]:41396 "EHLO ns.firmix.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161107AbVLOJLs (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:11:48 -0500 Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: Al Boldi Cc: Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200512150013.29549.a1426z@gawab.com> References: <200512150013.29549.a1426z@gawab.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Firmix Software GmbH Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:11:39 +0100 Message-Id: <1134637899.26870.21.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 821 Lines: 22 On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 00:13 +0300, Al Boldi wrote: [....] > Now, to call a stable api nonsense is nonsense. Really, only a _stable_ api > is worth to be considered an API. Think about it. You got it. In old economy terms to keep it corporations-compatible (and if I formulated it the other way around): Then there is no in-kernel API. There are the syscalls you should use. Have fun .... Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services - 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/