linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: driver-api: firmware: clarify userspace requirements

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Message-ID: <Z9QiRrYxb1AnzAvl@archie.me>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:34:14 +0700
From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To: Jacek Lawrynowicz <jacek.lawrynowicz@...ux.intel.com>, corbet@....net
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, simona.vetter@...ll.ch,
	airlied@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: driver-api: firmware: clarify userspace
 requirements

On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 11:01:36AM +0100, Jacek Lawrynowicz wrote:
> +* Firmware files that affect the User API (UAPI) shall not introduce
> +  changes that break existing userspace programs. Updates to such firmware
> +  must ensure backward compatibility with existing userspace applications.
> +  This includes maintaining consistent interfaces and behaviors that
> +  userspace programs rely on.

Is it implied that the firmware UAPI MUST be designed to be right in the
first time (attempt) as it MUST be supported indefinitely?

Anyway, the wording LGTM.

Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>

Thanks.

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