On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:42:30PM -0800, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 00:34 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:22:06PM -0800, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> > > +
> > > +What: __inet_hash_connect
> > > +Where: net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
> > > +When: 2.6.28
> > > +Why: No in tree users
> > > +
> > > +---------------------------
> > > +
> > > +What: io_delay_type
> > > +Where: arch/x86/kernel/io_delay.c
> > > +When: 2.6.28
> > > +Why: No in tree users
> > > +
> > > +---------------------------
> > >...
> >
> > NAK.
> >
> > It's a well-known and documented fact that we not have a stable API for
> > modules.
> >
> > And as long as we anyway break the modules API in so many other cases
> > with each kernel release there's simply no point in not removing exports
> > immediately.
> >
> > Oh, and for increasing the amount of nonsense even further, you should
> > explain why unused exports that just sneaked into 2.6.25-rc1 must be
> > shipped in 4 stable kernels before they can be removed.
>
> Without comment on the validity of the exports themselves, I was more
> interested in the principle of announcing these removals, and if it
> was wanted.
Sorry again for being too harsh (see my other email).
Every kernel release has a big amount of API changes that have not been
announced previously, and that's a fact that is rooted in the kernel
development model.
Otherwise everyone also had to announce now if he wanted to e.g. change
a function prototype or a struct in 2.6.28.
> Cheers,
>
> Harvey
cu
Adrian
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