Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.16-rc4: known regressions | From | David Zeuthen <> | Date | Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:46:01 -0500 |
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On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 16:35 +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 11:18:22AM -0500, David Zeuthen wrote: > > For just one example of API breaking see > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=175998 > > > > This breaks stuff for end users in a stable distribution. Not good. > > That's not an API breakage. The API is left untouched, the driver > now just reports the attached device as what it is.
ABI then, whatever..
> If HAL wasn't > a piece of cargo-cult programming crap
We love you too Christoph.
> you'd see in the relevant > standards what scsi device types exist, or even better stop relying > on such low-level knowledge.
Then don't export it unless it's useful. You did break ABI, don't try to make up stupid excuses.
> It's a disk if sd_mod attaches to it > is a much better rule than relying on lowlevel SAM details.
That's another way to do it.
David
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