Re: [PATCH 2.6] I2C: Drop I2C_DEVNAME and i2c_clientname

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Aug 31 2005 - 19:25:54 EST


On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 12:34:58PM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Ter, 2005-08-30 ?s 23:20 +0200, Jean Delvare escreveu:
> > Hi Mauro,
> >
> > > (...) it would be nice not to have a different I2C
> > > API for every single 2.6 version :-) It would be nice to change I2C
> > > API once and keep it stable for a while.
>
> > The Linux 2.6 development model is designed around a relatively fast
> > move from -mm to Linus' tree, which implies incremental changes all the
> > time. I'm only doing that.
> It is ok to change code, but, IMHO, API should be more stable.

I take it you have not read Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt yet?
If not, please do, it shows that what you are asking for will not
happen.

good luck,

greg k-h
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