linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro.

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Message-ID: <20071127171542.GB3406@stusta.de>
Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:15:42 +0100
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Tom Tucker <tom@...ngridcomputing.com>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	sam@...nborg.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro.

On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 11:35:42PM -0600, Tom Tucker wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 15:49 +1100, Rusty Russell wrote:
>...
> > No.  That's the wrong question.  What's the real upside?
> 
> Explicitly documenting what comprises the kernel API (external,
> supported) and what comprises the kernel implementation (internal, not
> supported).
>...

There is not, never was, and never will be, any supported external API 
of the kernel.
 
cu
Adrian

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