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Date:      Sat, 21 Mar 2015 06:01:34 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de>
Cc:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Changing smbus ABI
Message-ID:  <4BA6E6D9-B66B-499F-BDCA-34BD98E4A7DB@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150321122653.3e9a9ece@bsd64.grem.de>
References:  <20150321122653.3e9a9ece@bsd64.grem.de>

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> On Mar 21, 2015, at 5:26 AM, Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> wrote:
>=20
> I'm planning to change the smbcmd structure in an incompatible way =
(see
> 'man smb' and https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1955?id=3D4055#inline-12187) =
in
> HEAD.
>=20
> I'm not aware of any applications relying on this ABI and adding a
> compatibility wrapper later shouldn't be a big deal either. I would
> prefer to avoid the additional complexity introduced by such wrapper =
if
> it isn't required anyway.

We have compete code for FreeBSD 4.x in the driver now. Don=E2=80=99t =
know
why it was added. IIRC, this interface is used by the X server on some
cards to get data from the smbus that=E2=80=99s behind the video chips, =
which
would likely make compat interface almost required.

Warner



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