Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751270AbWCZRYz (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:24:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751294AbWCZRYz (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:24:55 -0500 Received: from gateway.argo.co.il ([194.90.79.130]:25605 "EHLO argo2k.argo.co.il") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751270AbWCZRYz (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:24:55 -0500 Message-ID: <4426CE5F.5070201@argo.co.il> Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:24:47 +0200 From: Avi Kivity User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060313) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kyle Moffett 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 Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/2] KABI example conversion and cleanup 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> <25A7D808-9900-4035-BEB3-A782C5EF8EF4@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <25A7D808-9900-4035-BEB3-A782C5EF8EF4@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Mar 2006 17:24:53.0196 (UTC) FILETIME=[31AAC8C0:01C650FA] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1292 Lines: 39 Kyle Moffett wrote: > 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. #define _LA(x) __linux_abi_##x struct _LA(whatever) { int foo; int bar; }; struct _LA(another) { ... }; #undef _LA ? -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function - 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/