Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751330AbWCZMeg (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:34:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751336AbWCZMeg (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:34:36 -0500 Received: from smtpout.mac.com ([17.250.248.88]:40128 "EHLO smtpout.mac.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751332AbWCZMef (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:34:35 -0500 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Cc: nix@esperi.org.uk, rob@landley.net, mmazur@kernel.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, llh-discuss@lists.pld-linux.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Kyle Moffett Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/2] KABI example conversion and cleanup Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:34:12 -0500 To: Arjan van de Ven X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.3) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1143 Lines: 28 On Mar 26, 2006, at 07:26:48, 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 ;) Well I guess you could call it UABI, but that might also imply that it's _userspace_ that defines the interface, instead of the kernel. Since the headers themselves are rather tightly coupled with the kernel, I think I'll stick with the KABI name for now (unless somebody can come up with a better one, of course :-D). Cheers, Kyle Moffett - 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/