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On Wed, 15 Apr 2015 19:55:15 +0200
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 01:20:37PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > > I don't know too many other kernel features/drivers that have taken this
> > > long, or done this "slowly", do you?
> > 
> > What other features/drivers that you know introduce a major new IPC
> > user space interface that will be a core component of the system?
> 
> We've been merging these about one every other kernel release for a
> while now.  Look at the drivers/misc/mic/ 

For a single specific piece of hardware, not a general API that by your
own admission will effectively be mandatory.

Alan