On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 07:58:54PM +0300, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote: | Absolutely. | And if overall system design is good, there is no problem to change | (well, for those who fail to read to the end and understand my english | replace 'to change' with 'to create and commit') interface to the state | where it will satisfy all (majority of) users. | | Situations when system is designed from interface down to system ends up | with one thread per IO and huge limitations on how system is going to be | used at all. | | -- | Evgeniy Polyakov
I'm sorry for meddling in conversation but I think Linus misunderstood you. If I'm right you propose to "create and commit" _new_ interfaces only? I mean _changing_ of interfaces exported to user space is very painfull... for further support. Don't swear at me if I wrote something stupid ;) -- Cyrill - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/