Re: [PATCH net-next 2/5] bonding: rename slave to link where possible

[David Miller]

From: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:23:17 +0200

> Even if the module parameters are deprecated and extremely inconvenient
> as a mean of bonding configuration, I would say changing their names
> would still count as "breaking the userspace".

I totally agree.

Anything user facing has to be kept around for the deprecation period,
and that includes module parameters.