linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] more ftape removal

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Message-ID: <20061216172213.GA10316@stusta.de>
Date:	Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:22:13 +0100
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] more ftape removal

On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 11:36:37AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >This patch removes some more ftape code.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
> 
> this affects userspace exported headers, so I'm not sure we want to kill 
> that.  even if the interface is gone is current kernels, people might 
> want to build binaries against these headers that work on older kernels.

Can you be more specific?

Building ftape-utils has already been broken by you removing four 
userspace exported ftape headers in your ftape removal patch.

> 	Jeff

cu
Adrian

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