Re: [PATCH -mm] swsusp: userland interface (rev 2)

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Tue Jan 24 2006 - 17:43:06 EST


On Út 24-01-06 17:38:34, Dave Jones wrote:
> > We'll of course try to get the interface right at the first
> > try. OTOH... if wrong interface is in kernel for a month, I do not
> > think it is reasonable to keep supporting that wrong interface for a
> > year before it can be removed. One month of warning should be fair in
> > such case...
>
> Users want to be able to boot between different kernels.
> Tying functionality to specific versions of userspace completely
> screws them over.

Well, by the time we have any _users_ interface should be
stable. Actually I believe interface will be stable from day 0, but...

Pavel
--
Thanks, Sharp!
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