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8 realize that this article describes the _in kernel_ interfaces, not the
9 kernel to userspace interfaces.  The kernel to userspace interface is
32 to worry about the in-kernel interfaces changing.  For the majority of
44 So, there are two main topics here, binary kernel interfaces and stable
45 kernel source interfaces.  They both depend on each other, but we will
97 current interfaces, or figure out a better way to do things.  If they do
98 that, they then fix the current interfaces to work better.  When they do
104 As a specific examples of this, the in-kernel USB interfaces have
118 which have had to maintain their older USB interfaces over time.  This
120 interfaces and do things in improper ways, causing the stability of the
134 number of times this has caused internal kernel interfaces to be
136 happens, all drivers that use the interfaces were also fixed at the
138 come back at some future time accidentally.  If the internal interfaces
142 Kernel interfaces are cleaned up over time.  If there is no one using a
144 as small as possible, and that all potential interfaces are tested as
145 well as they can be (unused interfaces are pretty much impossible to