linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USB: add usbfs ioctl to get specific superspeedplus rates

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Message-ID: <ca4ad735-5605-3fd4-c903-fe5b039cf6a8@suse.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Jul 2023 16:08:44 +0200
From:   Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
To:     Dingyan Li <18500469033@....com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>, stern@...land.harvard.edu,
        sebastian.reichel@...labora.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: add usbfs ioctl to get specific superspeedplus rates

On 25.07.23 15:54, Dingyan Li wrote:

> If we can't "deprecate" ioctls, can we change the returned contents of existing ones?

No. Absolutely not. That is totally unacceptable. It would be much
worse than just removing the support.

	Regards
		Oliver