Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751329AbWCZMbx (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:31:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751327AbWCZMbw (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:31:52 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:14998 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751329AbWCZMbu (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:31:50 -0500 Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/2] KABI example conversion and cleanup From: Arjan van de Ven To: Kyle Moffett Cc: nix@esperi.org.uk, rob@landley.net, mmazur@kernel.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, llh-discuss@lists.pld-linux.org In-Reply-To: <1143376008.3064.0.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> References: <200603141619.36609.mmazur@kernel.pl> <200603231811.26546.mmazur@kernel.pl> <200603241623.49861.rob@landley.net> <878xqzpl8g.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> <20060326065205.d691539c.mrmacman_g4@mac.com> <1143376008.3064.0.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:30:35 +0200 Message-Id: <1143376235.3064.6.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 992 Lines: 23 On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 14:26 +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 06:52 -0500, Kyle Moffett wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:46:27 -0500 Kyle Moffett wrote: > > > I'm working on some sample patches now which I'll try to post in a > > > few days if I get the time. > > > > Ok, here's a sample of the KABI conversion and cleanup patches that I'm > > proposing. I have a few fundamental goals for these patches: > > is KABI the right name? I mean.. from the kernel pov it's the interface > to userspace ;) ok proposal: just use "abi" without the K; it is THE abi, and the only one the kernel has, so no need for prefixes or suffixes. (BTW I'm 100% behind the idea of a clean set of seperate ABI headers) - 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/