Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751183AbWCZNsN (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:48:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751197AbWCZNsN (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:48:13 -0500 Received: from smtpout.mac.com ([17.250.248.44]:52438 "EHLO smtpout.mac.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751183AbWCZNsN (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:48:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4426974D.8040309@argo.co.il> 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> <4426974D.8040309@argo.co.il> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <25A7D808-9900-4035-BEB3-A782C5EF8EF4@mac.com> Cc: Arjan van de Ven , 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 08:47:51 -0500 To: Avi Kivity X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.3) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1088 Lines: 25 On Mar 26, 2006, at 08:29:49, Avi Kivity wrote: > Kyle Moffett wrote: >> 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). > > How about __linux, or __linux_abi? There are ABIs for other > components, and other OSes. Linux is the name of the project after > all. The other thing that I quickly noticed while writing up the patches is that it's kind of tedious typing __kabi_ over and over again. I actually did first try with __linux_abi_ but the typing effort and finger cramps made me give up on that really quickly. 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/