X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fstable_api_nonsense.txt;h=3cea1387527785820f9daee68bba59692ddb7c79;hb=6a77f38946aaee1cd85eeec6cf4229b204c15071;hp=c33c99c5100ccc73529c6d10a104910a26e650d3;hpb=87fc8d1bb10cd459024a742c6a10961fefcef18f;p=linux-2.6.git diff --git a/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt b/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt index c33c99c51..3cea13875 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ realize that this article describes the _in kernel_ interfaces, not the kernel to userspace interfaces. The kernel to userspace interface is the one that application programs use, the syscall interface. That interface is _very_ stable over time, and will not break. I have old -programs that were built on a pre 0.9something kernel that still works +programs that were built on a pre 0.9something kernel that still work just fine on the latest 2.6 kernel release. This interface is the one that users and application programmers can count on being stable. @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ up by the person who did the kernel change in the first place. This ensures that your driver is always buildable, and works over time, with very little effort on your part. -The very good side affects of having your driver in the main kernel tree +The very good side effects of having your driver in the main kernel tree are: - The quality of the driver will rise as the maintenance costs (to the original developer) will decrease.