On Mon, Nov 06, 2017 at 02:22:50PM -0500, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> When Pjotr said that the Linux API is remarkably stable, I assume he was
> talking about the syscall API, i.e. the API available to programs run in
> user space.  The Linux kernel project has a strict policy to avoid
> changing its API in a way that would break user programs.
> 
> The internal API available to kernel modules and drivers is another
> matter entirely.  The Linux kernel project reserves the right to change
> that internal API freely, and does so regularly.

Right, and libre-headers should follow that kernel version. In other
words, for the generic case any version of libre-headers will work. I
am not talking about device drivers etc.

Pj.
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