Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265055AbTFYUtu (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:49:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265059AbTFYUtu (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:49:50 -0400 Received: from carisma.slowglass.com ([195.224.96.167]:31241 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265055AbTFYUtr (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:49:47 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 22:03:55 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: mocm@mocm.de Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Michael Hunold , Sam Ravnborg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: DVB Include files Message-ID: <20030625220355.A13814@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , mocm@mocm.de, Michael Hunold , Sam Ravnborg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030625175513.A28776@infradead.org> <16121.55366.94360.338786@sheridan.metzler> <20030625181606.A29104@infradead.org> <16121.55873.675690.542574@sheridan.metzler> <20030625182409.A29252@infradead.org> <16121.56382.444838.485646@sheridan.metzler> <20030625185036.C29537@infradead.org> <16121.58735.59911.813354@sheridan.metzler> <20030625191532.A1083@infradead.org> <16121.60747.537424.961385@sheridan.metzler> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <16121.60747.537424.961385@sheridan.metzler>; from mocm@metzlerbros.de on Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 08:43:23PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1892 Lines: 49 On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 08:43:23PM +0200, Marcus Metzler wrote: > > In that case yes, you are screwed. Your ABI just changed incompatibly. > > Not if you recompile. If you need to recompile your ABI changed. And yes, then your absolutely screwed. > > No! is the namesapce for kernelheaders. Currently they're > > still in the the user includes, too (due to legacy reasons). The > > DVD API must move to a directory outside . > > > > Why (It's DVB by the way)? It's as close to the kernel as ls or cat > and having two sets of the same includes is stupid. No, it's not. One if for the driver you compile and one for the application. > > If you userland packages add headers to /usr/include/linux/ they > > are totally bogus. > > > > What packages? You are always talking about packages. There are no packages. > There are only the kernel and my app. Nothing else. No copying of headers. Then you need to add a package with the userland header (which, as I already said might be exactly the same ones as those in the kernel tree). > > And that's wrong. You must always compile against the kernel headers > > that your libc was compiled against. > > > > There is no one who does that, not even distributions. The includes > needed for libc are far less prone to change than v4l or dvb. And not > as linux specific. Oh yes, everyone does. Ever looked at an errata kernel from RH, SuSE or Debian? Yes, they never change what's /usr/include/. > I see your point, but right now it's only academic and not practicable. It's how Linux works. If you don't like that play with SCO Unix or MacOS. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/