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From: "LA Walsh" <law@sgi.com>
To: "Werner Almesberger" <Werner.Almesberger@epfl.ch>
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Subject: RE: Linus's include file strategy redux
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:36:41 -0800
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> From: Werner Almesberger [mailto:Werner.Almesberger@epfl.ch]
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 1:21 PM
> I don't think restructuring the headers in this way would cause
> a long period of instability. The main problem seems to be to
> decide what is officially private and what isn't.
---
	If someone wants to restructure headers, that's fine.  I was only
trying to understand the confusingly stated intentions of Linus.  I 
was attempting to fit into those intentions, not change the world.  

> > 	Any other solution, as I see it, would break existing module code.
> 
> Hmm, I think what I've outlined above wouldn't break more code than
> your approach. Obviously, modiles currently using "private" interfaces
> are in trouble either way.
---
	You've misunderstood.  My approach would break *nothing*.  

	If module-public include file includes a private, it would still
work since 'sys' would be a directory under 'include/linux'.  No new
links need be added, needed or referenced.  Thus nothing breaks.

-l
 
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