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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-07-31 18:43:41 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-07-31 18:43:41 +0200 |
| commit | 85e9ca333d03fbd56b9e123c8456f0d98e20faad (patch) | |
| tree | 7bb15ada5f536950efa23ad60ea9eea60380ca1c /Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt | |
| parent | a300bec952127d9a15e666b391bb35c9aecb3002 (diff) | |
| parent | 6e86841d05f371b5b9b86ce76c02aaee83352298 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into timers/hpet
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt | 5 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt index 80ef562160b..6049a2a84dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt @@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ Rules on how to access information in the Linux kernel sysfs The kernel-exported sysfs exports internal kernel implementation details and depends on internal kernel structures and layout. It is agreed upon by the kernel developers that the Linux kernel does not provide a stable -internal API. As sysfs is a direct export of kernel internal -structures, the sysfs interface cannot provide a stable interface either; -it may always change along with internal kernel changes. +internal API. Therefore, there are aspects of the sysfs interface that +may not be stable across kernel releases. To minimize the risk of breaking users of sysfs, which are in most cases low-level userspace applications, with a new kernel release, the users |