From: Doug Goldstein <car...@cardoe.com> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 00:19:19 -0600
> By this argument we shouldn't ever improve any API or add new syscalls > since we'll have to have fallback code to handle the old interfaces > when the new ones aren't available. It makes sense to add new APIs when existing mechanisms are too difficult _AND_ code doesn't already exist that works reasonable well with existing facilities. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
