linux-kernel - Re: Oops report for the week preceding June 16th, 2008

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Date:	Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:48:56 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@...ervon.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	arjan@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linville@...driver.com, davej@...hat.com
Subject: Re: Oops report for the week preceding June 16th, 2008

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 02:43:02PM -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
> 
> On the other hand, it would be good if there were a way to include 
> unstable APIs in the mainline kernel so that they could get some exposure 
> before they're set in stone, and that would also eliminate that reason for 
> keeping drivers out so long.

That's exactly what the documentation in Documentation/ABI is there for.
Document your "experimental" API, along with any userspace programs that
are using it, and work to try to finalize it.

thanks,

greg k-h
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