Re: [GIT PULL] Bootconfig: Updates for v7.0

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 at 15:35, Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   Note that this changes the bootconfig formatting but this should not
>   fall under the don't break user space rule as users of bootconfig is
>   for booting the kernel and not about applications running in the
>   kernel's user space.

Note that the rule is about breaking *users*, not breaking user space per se.

It's obviously not about "user space applications", since about h alf
of the kernel is about hardware interfaces. If you break a driver, you
break the user expectations.

If some user setup breaks, things need fixing.

That said, I agree that this is not likely to break any user
configuration, but I want to make it very clear that there are no
excuses about "user space applications".

               Linus