From: Adrian Bunk Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro. Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:15:42 +0100 Message-ID: <20071127171542.GB3406@stusta.de> References: <20071122343.446909000@suse.de> <200711261228.15155.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> <200711271549.37670.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> <1196141742.9876.49.camel@trinity.ogc.int> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: Rusty Russell , Roland Dreier , Andi Kleen , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sam@ravnborg.org To: Tom Tucker Return-path: Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:41120 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756836AbXK0RPx (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:15:53 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1196141742.9876.49.camel@trinity.ogc.int> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 11:35:42PM -0600, Tom Tucker wrote: > On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 15:49 +1100, Rusty Russell wrote: >... > > No. That's the wrong question. What's the real upside? > > Explicitly documenting what comprises the kernel API (external, > supported) and what comprises the kernel implementation (internal, not > supported). >... There is not, never was, and never will be, any supported external API of the kernel. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed