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1a7ee04b3SMauro Carvalho ChehabABI stable symbols
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4a7ee04b3SMauro Carvalho ChehabDocuments the interfaces that the developer has defined to be stable.
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6a7ee04b3SMauro Carvalho ChehabUserspace programs are free to use these interfaces with no
7a7ee04b3SMauro Carvalho Chehabrestrictions, and backward compatibility for them will be guaranteed
8a7ee04b3SMauro Carvalho Chehabfor at least 2 years.
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10a7ee04b3SMauro Carvalho ChehabMost interfaces (like syscalls) are expected to never change and always
11a7ee04b3SMauro Carvalho Chehabbe available.
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13*1d64a102SVegard Nossum.. kernel-abi:: ABI/stable
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