Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 04:23:11 +0200 From: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> To: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: There is *NO* abi stability in -head Message-ID: <CAGudoHFUbrYZBdLgXSh18qQzLn-G-B0OUSQRuzKsGEutK9Kkkw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <0d173f14-dd07-8a06-0937-63f2b350cc5c@selasky.org> References: <CAGudoHERrva8esddVU66PhZYL%2BZjmh8JtWXFtH4=vBZcTX-aQg@mail.gmail.com> <0d173f14-dd07-8a06-0937-63f2b350cc5c@selasky.org>
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On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> wrote: > On 10/23/17 22:35, Mateusz Guzik wrote: > >> This is your friendly reminder that in head struct layouts can change >> and each update requires you to rebuild *all* modules (including ones >> which come from ports). In practice you can get away without it most of >> the time, but if in doubt or seeing funny crashes - *recompile* and test >> with that. >> >> > Hi, > > And for developers making this changes, consider bumping the > __FreeBSD_version macro in sys/sys/param.h along with your commit. It > forces recompilation of external kernel modules :-) > > I think this only serves to pollute the list. It should be used to note changes which require modification of external modules or provide a new feature a module can be interested in. I don't see any value for describing things which clear themselves with recompilation of modules. -- Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik gmail.com>
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