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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-07-29 00:07:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-07-29 00:07:55 +0200 |
| commit | cb28a1bbdb4790378e7366d6c9ee1d2340b84f92 (patch) | |
| tree | 316436f77dac75335fd2c3ef5f109e71606c50d3 /Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt | |
| parent | b6d4f7e3ef25beb8c658c97867d98883e69dc544 (diff) | |
| parent | f934fb19ef34730263e6afc01e8ec27a8a71470f (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'linus' into core/generic-dma-coherent
Conflicts:
arch/x86/Kconfig
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt index 80ef562160b..6049a2a84dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt @@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ Rules on how to access information in the Linux kernel sysfs The kernel-exported sysfs exports internal kernel implementation details and depends on internal kernel structures and layout. It is agreed upon by the kernel developers that the Linux kernel does not provide a stable -internal API. As sysfs is a direct export of kernel internal -structures, the sysfs interface cannot provide a stable interface either; -it may always change along with internal kernel changes. +internal API. Therefore, there are aspects of the sysfs interface that +may not be stable across kernel releases. To minimize the risk of breaking users of sysfs, which are in most cases low-level userspace applications, with a new kernel release, the users |