Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2011-06-09

Re: [PATCH 7/7] [v5] drivers/virt: introduce Freescale hypervisor management driver

From: Greg KH <hidden>
Date: 2011-06-09 20:31:17

Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)

On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 03:18:28PM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote:
quoted
More importantly, the code you have chose (0) conflicts with existing drivers
(frame buffer, scsi and wavefront among others). Please chose a free one and
add it to Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt in the same patch.
Ok, I was really hoping to avoid doing this.  Like I said, binary compatibility
is important, and changing the type will break my existing apps.  Are you
insisting that I pick a new number?
Why is binary compatibility important?  Isn't this a brand new driver
for a brand new system?  What userspace tools are out there in the wild
for such a thing?

confused,

greg k-h
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