linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] DRBD for 2.6.32

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Message-ID: <20090921165252.04e335b1@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:52:52 +0200
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@...bit.com>
Cc:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>, lmb@...e.de,
	jens.axboe@...cle.com, neilb@...e.de, hch@...radead.org,
	James.Bottomley@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	bart.vanassche@...il.com, davej@...hat.com, gregkh@...e.de,
	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, kyle@...fetthome.net,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, nab@...ux-iscsi.org,
	knikanth@...e.de, philipp.reisner@...bit.com, sam@...nborg.org,
	Mauelshagen@...Hat.com
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] DRBD for 2.6.32

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:43:08 +0200
Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@...bit.com> wrote:
> We can choose whatever user-kernel interface you like,
> and change it with every dot release --
> we'd just need to add additional compat code into
> the drbdsetup userland binary.

uh no.

the kernel<->userspace ABI is stable.
we don't go about randomly changing it
(extending it is fine obviously)


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