Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750732AbWCZNYi (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:24:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750802AbWCZNYi (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:24:38 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:22700 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750732AbWCZNYi (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:24:38 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Giuseppe Bilotta Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/2] KABI example conversion and cleanup Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 15:22:05 +0200 Message-ID: <1dlbuut0mmyo3$.13773nowi9lw5.dlg@40tude.net> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-84-221-14-16.cust-adsl.tiscali.it User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1425 Lines: 31 On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:34:12 -0500, Kyle Moffett wrote: > 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). Well, since I guess UAKDABI (User Accessible Kernel Defined) is out of the question, what about LABI? (Linux ABI) -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta Axiom I of the Giuseppe Bilotta theory of IT: Anything is better than MS - 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/