On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 03:18:28PM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote: > > More importantly, the code you have chose (0) conflicts with existing > > drivers > > (frame buffer, scsi and wavefront among others). Please chose a free one and > > add it to Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt in the same patch. > > Ok, I was really hoping to avoid doing this. Like I said, binary > compatibility > is important, and changing the type will break my existing apps. Are you > insisting that I pick a new number?
Why is binary compatibility important? Isn't this a brand new driver for a brand new system? What userspace tools are out there in the wild for such a thing? confused, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
