Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> Sebastien Roy writes:
>  > Cyril Plisko wrote:
>  > > I noticed that uts/common/sys/mac.h file is not delivered
>  > > by any package into final snv image. Does that mean
>  > > that 3rd party has no means to build Nemo-based
>  > > ethernet driver outside of the ON consolidation ?
>  > > If so is it on purpose ?
>  > 
>  > This is the case, and it is on purpose.  The Nemo driver interfaces are 
>  > consolidation-private for now, and will remain so until the interfaces 
>  > stabilize and are formally documented.
> 
> It would be nice if you could at least ship the header files which
> match the running kernel so that 3rd parties can distribute source
> based drivers.

You know this already, but hey, this is a mailing list and there's more 
than one person reading:  One of the defining attributes of a 
Consolidation-Private interface is that changes to the interface can be 
managed within that software consolidation without affecting untold 
numbers of unknown consumers outside of the consolidation.  Use of these 
interface by 3rd parties in this way would have a high likelihood of 
resulting in broken software as experienced by end-users.

-Seb
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