X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fsysfs-rules.txt;h=6049a2a84dda2111b9c35c628665566e0153b254;hb=feeedc6c820e1026453ad865076cee435f24d30a;hp=80ef562160bba8697c5623ee3b5fa9b4c163ab4a;hpb=195be1c2086929efe1ca315e23f031f06e086369;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt index 80ef562160b..6049a2a84dd 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