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Re: ABI compatibility
From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:34:51 -0400
> err, no ... API compat has never been a goal in the Linux kernel. quite the
> opposite actually (which Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt is unambiguous
> in stating). further, ABI compatibility has basically been defined as "if it
That's a document about interfaces the kernel uses inside of the
kernel, not about interfaces the kernel exports to userspace which is
the topic of discussion here.
Please don't spread this kind of misinformation, userland API
stability is of utmost importantance priority for kernel developers
and has been from day one.