Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272231AbTHRTE2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:04:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272274AbTHRTE2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:04:28 -0400 Received: from [63.247.75.124] ([63.247.75.124]:41879 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272231AbTHRTEW (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:04:22 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:04:21 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik To: "Ihar 'Philips' Filipau" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] scsi.h uses "u8" which isn't defined. Message-ID: <20030818190421.GN24693@gtf.org> References: <3F4120DD.3030108@softhome.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F4120DD.3030108@softhome.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1465 Lines: 42 On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 08:54:21PM +0200, Ihar 'Philips' Filipau wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: > >>hpa IIRC suggested to create a separate directory: > >>include/abi > >>and then all relevant parts of the kernel should publish their public > >>interface in the abi directory. Would that be usefull? > > > > > >I support include/abi, or some other directory that segregates > >user<->kernel shared headers away from kernel-private headers. > > > >I don't see how that would be auto-generated, though. Only created > >through lots of hard work :) > > > > There is no need to be a prophet to predict linux/abi being 99% > symlinks right into include/{asm,linux}. > > So it is can turn out to be the same ;-) > It just adds job for mantainers. > (To keep symlinks in correct order ;-))))) > > But generally idea is good: keep interface separately from > implementation. No, the idea is to physically separate the headers. include/{linux,asm} is currently copied to userspace, hacked a bit, and then shipped as the "glibc-kernheaders" package. I would rather that the kernel developers directly maintained this interface, by updating headers in include/abi, rather than ad-hoc by distro people. Jeff - 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/