Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 05 Nov 2012 01:44:37 -0500 (EST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] vlan: set sysfs device_type to 'vlan' | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@cardoe.com> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 00:19:19 -0600
> By this argument we shouldn't ever improve any API or add new syscalls > since we'll have to have fallback code to handle the old interfaces > when the new ones aren't available.
It makes sense to add new APIs when existing mechanisms are too difficult _AND_ code doesn't already exist that works reasonable well with existing facilities.
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