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| author | David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> | 2008-07-25 10:40:14 -0400 |
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| committer | David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> | 2008-07-25 10:40:14 -0400 |
| commit | ff877ea80efa2015b6263766f78ee42c2a1b32f9 (patch) | |
| tree | 85205005c611ab774702148558321c6fb92f1ccd /Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt | |
| parent | 30821fee4f0cb3e6d241d9f7ddc37742212e3eb7 (diff) | |
| parent | d37e6bf68fc1eb34a4ad21d9ae8890ed37ea80e7 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/~dedekind/ubi-2.6
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt index 80ef562160bb..6049a2a84dda 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 |