Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261977AbUK3Goi (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Nov 2004 01:44:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261982AbUK3Goi (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Nov 2004 01:44:38 -0500 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:39912 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261977AbUK3Gog (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Nov 2004 01:44:36 -0500 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:44:35 +0100 From: bert hubert To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Alexandre Oliva , Paul Mackerras , Greg KH , David Woodhouse , Matthew Wilcox , David Howells , hch@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, libc-hacker@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [RFC] Splitting kernel headers and deprecating __KERNEL__ Message-ID: <20041130064435.GA5575@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Linus Torvalds , Alexandre Oliva , Paul Mackerras , Greg KH , David Woodhouse , Matthew Wilcox , David Howells , hch@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, libc-hacker@sources.redhat.com References: <19865.1101395592@redhat.com> <20041125165433.GA2849@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <1101406661.8191.9390.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> <20041127032403.GB10536@kroah.com> <16810.24893.747522.656073@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1077 Lines: 28 On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 03:00:17PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > And that's really the fundamental issue. The kernel does not care what > user land does. The kernel exports functionality, the kernel does _not_ > ask user land to help. Reminds me of the Klingon programming language: http://tinyurl.com/4rjco 7 : "Klingon function calls do not have 'parameters' -- they have 'arguments' -- and they ALWAYS WIN THEM." 8 : "What is this talk of 'release'? Klingons do not make software 'releases.' Our software 'escapes' leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake." 9 : "Indentation?! - I will show you how to indent when I indent your skull!" -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO - 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/