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Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 13:38:54 -0400
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: (patch-2.4.6) Fix oops with Iomega Clik! (ide-floppy)
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Alan Cox wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > it would be nice to remove __KERNEL__ from at least the i386
> > kernel headers in 2.5, and I think it's a doable task...
> 
> That just generates work for the glibc folks when they are working off copies
> of kernel header snapshots as they need to

It is a flag day change so it generates [a lot of] work once... it has
always been policy that userspace shouldn't be including kernel
headers.  uClibc and now dietlibc are following this policy.

IMHO we have made an exception for glibc for long enough...

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Building 1024    | can cause malaise in laboratory mice.
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