--DejVYFcqCV4p9T4J
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 07:49:45PM +0200, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
> Do I have to bump the kernel version after:
>=20
> 1) Having removed the {get,put}wschar accessops.
> 2) Modified the prototype of the ioctl and mmap accessops to take an extra
>    parameter.

The kernel version number in -current denotes the ABI version.  That
information is useful for LKMs.  However, if we really noted every
single ABI change, we'd do it close to daily.  The question can be put
in those terms:  is your change likely to impact an existing LKM?  is
your change likely to impact a future LKM that would be back-ported?

Of course, I take the opportunity to once more beg for a separate ABI
number (because kernel version is used for other means, too, like the
release version), and also an API number, because maintaining a LKM
source across multiple versions is currently a pain.  Granted, almost
everything related to LKMs is currently a pain.

--=20
Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
"When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
to be, but maybe for now I'll stay right here on a silent sea."
KT Tunstall, Silent Sea, Eye to the Telescope, 2004.

--DejVYFcqCV4p9T4J
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (NetBSD)

iQEVAwUBREFORNgoQloHrPnoAQIrXAf9HM+O5V8zgFrRBDRoHkSwkHPK3UD+9lFl
uaS4PS2CgAQkA3iXzd3K5E2TrR40jjdLlERO6RRaGItKPKDHB6OyRy0J3Pi6ECsW
ZM7mYaINod+wu5ebklQKFz+ly6mChqURvQB1eaR9eZrQBQW+9cuKtxv7W28jyTFv
WepnD+r6+wXc1SMN+ajn8EJeq35Fxp3iTMN+xUizo2bFTOCoVNlDk97bdgGguzdu
GVx8GI/DJUkgq7AQxWsr7dDQCuo6qZ/cXwF7coBiTdair48UF6KRwqsKUMdsXsZK
VZ8LOUakI2Ym91O5DwZWnU8QCfYjimxFkSBOyemUkJYWKxsq87VQgg==
=QDJx
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--DejVYFcqCV4p9T4J--