Merge branch 'stable-3.2' into pandora-3.2

[pandora-kernel.git] / Documentation / stable_api_nonsense.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt b/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt
index f39c9d7..db3be89 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt
+++ b/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ kernel to userspace interfaces.  The kernel to userspace interface is
 the one that application programs use, the syscall interface.  That
 interface is _very_ stable over time, and will not break.  I have old
 programs that were built on a pre 0.9something kernel that still work
-just fine on the latest 2.6 kernel release.  This interface is the one
+just fine on the latest 2.6 kernel release.  That interface is the one
 that users and application programmers can count on being stable.
 
 
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ consider the following facts about the Linux kernel:
       - different structures can contain different fields
       - Some functions may not be implemented at all, (i.e. some locks
        compile away to nothing for non-SMP builds.)
-      - Parameter passing of variables from function to function can be
-       done in different ways (the CONFIG_REGPARM option controls
-       this.)
       - Memory within the kernel can be aligned in different ways,
        depending on the build options.
   - Linux runs on a wide range of different processor architectures.
@@ -125,7 +122,7 @@ operating system to suffer.
 
 In both of these instances, all developers agreed that these were
 important changes that needed to be made, and they were made, with
-relatively little pain.  If Linux had to ensure that it preserve a
+relatively little pain.  If Linux had to ensure that it will preserve a
 stable source interface, a new interface would have been created, and
 the older, broken one would have had to be maintained over time, leading
 to extra work for the USB developers.  Since all Linux USB developers do