linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86: add cpuset

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Message-Id: <20080402102831.4e29b299.pj@sgi.com>
Date:	Wed, 2 Apr 2008 10:28:31 -0500
From:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
To:	Mike Travis <travis@....com>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86: add cpuset_scnprintf function

Mike wrote:
> But where is the API spec for /proc outputs?  I'd like to see how others
> have managed to change it in the past, and what are the rules for doing so.

The primary spec is the actual behaviour, unless that's clearly
busted.

Changes are usually done by adding files, lines and fields, not
changing the format of existing fields.

Perhaps you should give me a call ... I sense that the lack of
synchrony in our viewpoints is discomforting in this forum.

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