Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751460AbWCFBSH (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Mar 2006 20:18:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751465AbWCFBSH (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Mar 2006 20:18:07 -0500 Received: from dspnet.fr.eu.org ([213.186.44.138]:14861 "EHLO dspnet.fr.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751460AbWCFBSF (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Mar 2006 20:18:05 -0500 Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 02:17:57 +0100 From: Olivier Galibert To: "Hack inc." Subject: Is that an acceptable interface change? Message-ID: <20060306011757.GA21649@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Olivier Galibert , "Hack inc." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 765 Lines: 18 I'm looking at the changes in the asound.h file, and especially at commit 512bbd6a85230f16389f0dd51925472e72fc8a91, and I've been wondering if it's acceptable compatibility-wise. All the structures passed through ioctl (and ALSA is 100% ioctl) have been renamed from sndrv_* to snd_*. That breaks source compatibility but not binary compatibility. Ignoring the fact that the changelog comment utterly fails to mention that part of the change, is keeping compatibility supposed to be binary-only or source too? OG. - 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/