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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Oliver Xymoron <oxymoron@waste.org>
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Subject: Re: Header files and the kernel ABI
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Oliver Xymoron wrote:
> 
> Ideally, the ABI layer would be maintained and packaged separately from
> both the kernel and glibc to avoid gratuitous changes from either side.
> 

I disagree.  The ABI is a product of the kernel and should be attached 
to it.  It is *not* a product of glibc -- glibc is a consumer of it, as 
are any other libcs.

	-hpa

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