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authormstsirkin <mstsirkin@0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652>2016-07-22 21:40:05 +0000
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Devices or drivers with no legacy compatibility are referred to as
non-transitional devices and drivers, respectively.
+\subsection{Transition from earlier specification drafts}\label{sec:Transition from earlier specification drafts}
+
+For devices and drivers already implementing the legacy
+interface, some changes will have to be made to support this
+specification.
+
+In this case, it might be beneficial for the reader to focus on
+sections tagged "Legacy Interface" in the section title.
+These highlight the changes made since the earlier drafts.
+
\section{Structure Specifications}
Many device and driver in-memory structure layouts are documented using