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docs: driver-api: firmware: clarify userspace requirements
authorJacek Lawrynowicz <jacek.lawrynowicz@linux.intel.com>
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:01:36 +0000 (11:01 +0100)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:04:32 +0000 (17:04 -0600)
commit5b8f85d081da449ab35e4bd009d7c00afaab2fab
treeb8bb41b4c591f58cdd9ef74191bcd9b1a01e45d1
parent4e6b7141d1696247c42dd2d94a06f49211b42727
docs: driver-api: firmware: clarify userspace requirements

The guidelines mention that firmware updates can't break the kernel,
but it doesn't state directly that they can't break userspace programs.
Make it explicit that firmware updates cannot break UAPI.

Signed-off-by: Jacek Lawrynowicz <jacek.lawrynowicz@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
[jc: fixed "no trailing newline"]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250314100137.2972355-1-jacek.lawrynowicz@linux.intel.com
Documentation/driver-api/firmware/firmware-usage-guidelines.rst