Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: Re : ANN: Linux 2.2 driver compatibility toolkit

From: Greg KH (greg@kroah.com)
Date: Wed Jun 12 2002 - 23:31:35 EST


On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 08:36:20PM -0400, Johannes Erdfelt wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2002, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> > - change usb_submit_urb and usb_alloc_urb apis
>
> Do you think it's a good idea to change the API in a stable kernel
> series?

When it fixes the real problems these api changes offer, yes.
I will be fixing up all of the in-kernel references, so I don't see any
problem this can cause. Any out-of-kernel drivers will just have to
deal with it :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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