linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/ABI: Document the non-ABI status of Kconfig and symbols

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Message-ID: <5268DDE0.4090602@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:44:16 +0100
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
CC:	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, Tao Ma <boyu.mt@...bao.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/ABI: Document the non-ABI status of Kconfig
 and symbols

On 10/24/2013 09:41 AM, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Discussion at Kernel Summit made it clear that the presence or absence
> of specific Kconfig symbols are not considered ABI, and that no
> userspace (or bootloader, etc) should rely on them.
> 
> In addition, kernel-internal symbols are well established as non-ABI,
> per Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt.
> 
> Document both of these in Documentation/ABI/README, in a new section for
> notable bits of non-ABI.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>

Good initiative.

Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>

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