Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 16:21:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 16:20:58 -0500 Received: from hees.nijmegen.inter.nl.net ([193.67.237.8]:47763 "EHLO hees.nijmegen.inter.nl.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 16:20:47 -0500 Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 21:38:50 +0100 From: Frank van Maarseveen To: Peter Samuelson Cc: "Mohammad A. Haque" , "Adam J. Richter" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com Subject: Re: PATCH: linux-2.4.0-test12pre8/include/linux/module.h breaks sysklogd compilation Message-ID: <20001212213850.A15095@iapetus.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20001211145901.A8047@baldur.yggdrasil.com> <3A357BC4.AC568471@haque.net> <20001211195305.B3199@cadcamlab.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20001211195305.B3199@cadcamlab.org>; from peter@cadcamlab.org on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 07:53:05PM -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 07:53:05PM -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [Mohammad A. Haque] > > Wasn't there discussion that user space apps shouldn't include kernel > > headers? > > Oh, it's been discussed, many times. Here is my executive summary of > why nobody needs to use kernel headers in userspace programs, *EVER*: Oh, sounds reasonable. But: Do the maintainers of strace, lm_sensors, the wacom input device in XFree know this? (just to name a few) The unanswered question remains: $ cat `find linux/include/{linux,asm}/. -type f` |grep '^#ifdef __KERNEL__'|wc 246 514 4537 why is this? Either: strip it or maintain it. -- Frank - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/