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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 12:19:24 -0600
From: Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Oliver Xymoron <oxymoron@waste.org>,
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Subject: Re: Header files and the kernel ABI
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On Thu Jul 25, 2002 at 09:31:23AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 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.

Agreed.  I maintain a libc and I certainly do not want to 
have to maintain the kernel ABI of the day headers.  That
is clearly a job for the kernel.

 -Erik

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