Re: CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED and similar issues

[Lee Revell]

On 3/6/07, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> The other issue is to avoid "trap door" changes, which occur when a
> kernel change requires new user tools, and the user tools will not run
> with older kernels.

CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is on by default.  So this upgrading the
kernel does not require userspace changes, unless the user changes the
config, which always has the potential to break userspace.

Users can break their systems by disabling CONFIG_SYSVIPC and
CONFIG_SYSCTL too...

Lee
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