On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 04:58:37PM +0100, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 03:16:09PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:

> > It's not just other operating systems, it's also other versions of
> > Linux we have to think about here. The most obvious issue with audio is
> > the clocking where the division between ASoC and clock APIs is not super
> > obvious and could easily change in the future.

> Which does not change my argument. Other handling in Linux is
> basically equal to other operating system. We don't loose anything
> by having a compatible available.

It's bad practice to do it - we need to remember we're designing ABIs
here and try to do the best job we can of them.