Re: ybin on powerpc

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On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 21:05:59 -0600
Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 07:28:11PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 19:56:30 -0600
> > Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > BTW, the SCSI specs changed the name from CD-ROM to CD/DVD.  I'd like to
> > > reflect that change in /proc/scsi/scsi; is there any userspace currently
> > > relying on that spelling?
> > 
> > I think that's basically unknowable.  How does one grep all userspace?
> 
> apt-cache search?  ;-)

Well yeah.  Smiley noted, but let us remember that "userspace" includes
non-published and non-open-source code.

> > The only practical way to find out is to change it, see what breaks and
> > hope that people report it in time.  That's a terribly blunt weapon.
> > 
> > It's better to get the interfaces right first time ;)
> 
> Yeah; kind of hard to do when the SCSI committee changes the spec on you.

I think people will continue to understand what we mean.
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