On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:58:04 +0100 Federico Vaga <federico.v...@vaga.pv.it> wrote:
> The link referred by the note can't be retrieved: this patch just > remove that old note. > > Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga <federico.v...@vaga.pv.it> > --- > Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst | 3 +-- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > b/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > index 24f5aeecee91..57d95a49c096 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > @@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ is also a rough job. > > Simple, get your kernel driver into the main kernel tree (remember we > are talking about GPL released drivers here, if your code doesn't fall > -under this category, good luck, you are on your own here, you leech > -<insert link to leech comment from Andrew and Linus here>.) If your > +under this category, good luck, you are on your own here, you leech). If > your > driver is in the tree, and a kernel interface changes, it will be fixed > up by the person who did the kernel change in the first place. This > ensures that your driver is always buildable, and works over time, with I've applied this. I do wonder if the "you leech" should maybe come out too, though. I don't think that parasitic worms are a protected class under the CoC, but they might still suffer emotionally from being compared to the purveyors of proprietary modules... jon
