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| author | Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com> | 2025-06-25 19:40:58 -0700 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2025-07-01 13:18:04 -0600 |
| commit | 8a5c82429c122161d4955f34eecefe799ede3f47 (patch) | |
| tree | 5c5fab832dadd26ea8e2c003a4ff43845b0357b3 | |
| parent | overlayfs.rst: Fix inode table (diff) | |
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docs: ABI: make the KernelVersion field optional
The KernelVersion field has limited practical value. Git history
provides more accurate tracking of when features were introduced
and target kernel versions often change during development and
merge.
Label it optional.
Signed-off-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250626024101.792073-1-alison.schofield@intel.com
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/README | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/README b/Documentation/ABI/README index ef0e6d11e919..315fffe1f831 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/README +++ b/Documentation/ABI/README @@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ Every file in these directories will contain the following information: What: Short description of the interface Date: Date created -KernelVersion: Kernel version this feature first showed up in. +KernelVersion: (Optional) Kernel version this feature first showed up in. + Note: git history often provides more accurate version + info, so this field may be omitted. Contact: Primary contact for this interface (may be a mailing list) Description: Long description of the interface and how to use it. Users: All users of this interface who wish to be notified when |