[PATCH] docs: driver-api: firmware: clarify userspace requirements

Bagas Sanjaya bagasdotme at gmail.com
Fri Mar 14 12:34:14 UTC 2025


On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 11:01:36AM +0100, Jacek Lawrynowicz wrote:
> +* Firmware files that affect the User API (UAPI) shall not introduce
> +  changes that break existing userspace programs. Updates to such firmware
> +  must ensure backward compatibility with existing userspace applications.
> +  This includes maintaining consistent interfaces and behaviors that
> +  userspace programs rely on.

Is it implied that the firmware UAPI MUST be designed to be right in the
first time (attempt) as it MUST be supported indefinitely?

Anyway, the wording LGTM.

Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme at gmail.com>

Thanks.

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