On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 04:21:48AM +0000, Taylor R Campbell wrote: > > Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 13:14:14 +0900 > > From: Ryota Ozaki <ozak...@netbsd.org> > > > > On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Taylor R Campbell > > <campbell+netbsd-tech-k...@mumble.net> wrote: > > > Note that your patch changes the ABI of struct psref! > > > > Let's bump the kernel version! > > If we want to pull the fix up to netbsd-8 (which we almost certainly > do), then we should really avoid changing the ABI. I forget what the > rules are for pullups to pre-release branches, but changing the ABI is > a big no-no post-release.
I think it's OK until the first release it tagged. We already had a userland ABI change in netbsd-8 -- Manuel Bouyer <bou...@antioche.eu.org> NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference --