linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2 1/2] virt: Add vboxguest driver for Virtual Box Guest integration

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Message-ID: <20170825150324.GA23830@infradead.org>
Date:   Fri, 25 Aug 2017 08:03:24 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Michael Thayer <michael.thayer@...cle.com>,
        "Knut St . Osmundsen" <knut.osmundsen@...cle.com>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 1/2] virt: Add vboxguest driver for Virtual Box Guest
 integration

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 05:00:31PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> I've already removed all the typedefs and camel-case outside of
> include/uapi/linux
> 
> The ones in include/uapi/linux are preserved to preserve API
> compatibility with the existing VirtualBox userspace tools.

When merging new drivers we need to fix up the user abis anyway,
we don't want to be stuck with mistakes from the past.  And the
APIs look pretty bad, so there will be a lot work required after
this basic cleanup anyway.