KernelTrap: Documenting Kernel <-> Userland ABIs

“Greg KH recently proposed the creation of several directories
for documenting Linux kernel ABI’s. He acknowledged that the
userspace <-> kernelspace interfaces are frequently modified
between the different kernel releases. Greg explains, “Linux is a
dynamic system, we add and change things all the time based on the
need of its developers and users. Because of this, we now run on
more platforms than any other operating system ever has, from the
world’s top supercomputers, to the phone in your pocket. It is how
we have survived so far, and is how we will survive in the future.”
His proposal involves the creation of several directories named
after the stability of the interfaces described within, such as
‘stable,’ ‘testing,’ ‘unstable,’ ‘obsolete,’ and ‘private…'”

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