From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750794AbWAXWjG (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:39:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750799AbWAXWjG (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:39:06 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:21424 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750795AbWAXWjF (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:39:05 -0500 Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:38:34 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Pavel Machek Cc: Andrew Morton , rjw@sisk.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] swsusp: userland interface (rev 2) Message-ID: <20060124223834.GH2449@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Pavel Machek , Andrew Morton , rjw@sisk.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200601240929.37676.rjw@sisk.pl> <20060124131312.0545262d.akpm@osdl.org> <20060124213010.GA1602@elf.ucw.cz> <20060124135843.739481e7.akpm@osdl.org> <20060124221426.GB1602@elf.ucw.cz> <20060124222044.GG2449@redhat.com> <20060124223328.GC1602@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060124223328.GC1602@elf.ucw.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > We'll of course try to get the interface right at the first > try. OTOH... if wrong interface is in kernel for a month, I do not > think it is reasonable to keep supporting that wrong interface for a > year before it can be removed. One month of warning should be fair in > such case... Users want to be able to boot between different kernels. Tying functionality to specific versions of userspace completely screws them over. Dave