Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0 of 4 v2] blkif.h: Document protocol and existing extensions

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 15.02.12 at 14:03, "Justin T. Gibbs" <justing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Feb 15, 2012, at 1:14 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
> 
>>>>> On 15.02.12 at 06:06, "Justin T. Gibbs" <justing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> patch 4 (blkif.h: Define and document the request number/size/segments
>>>          extension.)
>>>   o Bump __XEN_LATEST_INTERFACE_VERSION to 0x00040201 and use this version
>> 
>> Why? It got bumped very recently to 0x040200, your change could
>> well go under that same version.
> 
> When reviewing the history of xen-compat.h, it appeared that the version was 
> bumped
> for each incompatible change.  Considering there are 8 bits of sub-minor 
> space, why
> wouldn't it be bumped?  It allows an integrator of new headers to review all 
> change sets
> associated with this one header file to understand the work required for an 
> import.

Then be it that way if it is to Keir's liking.

Jan


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