Re: [PATCH 2/7] cxgb3 - private ioctl cleanup

From: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
Date: Thu Feb 22 2007 - 09:11:39 EST


In article <45DD917D.5010807@xxxxxxxxxxx> (at Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:50:05 -0800), Divy Le Ray <divy@xxxxxxxxxxx> says:

> > Even if you remove them, PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE VALUES,
> > unless you have very, very good reason.
:
> The cxgb3 driver has not yet appeared in a stable version of the linux
> kernel.
> The odds of breaking an application using these private ioctls are
> pretty slim.
> Since some cleanup was required, I chose not to let holes between the
> values.

Even so, if I were you, I would not have changed them and
I would even try keeping compatibility with old (out-kernel)
drivers.

--yoshfuji
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