Re: [Scst-devel] Fwd: Re: linuxcon 2010...

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 09:51:04AM -0500, Chris Weiss wrote:
> ok now I'm confused, or maybe I'm not understanding ABI correctly, or
> maybe you guys are using it in a way that is inconsistent with popular
> convention.   As a VMware user, I have experienced fully that the
> kernel ABI changes in various places with every release.  VMwares
> drivers have to be constantly updated to match changes in kernel
> function parameters and even what functions are available.

You're talking about in-kernel ABI, which is constantly in flux.  James
is talking about user <-> kernel ABI, which is not supposed to change in
an incompatible way.

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