Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:45:01 +0200 | From | "Stephen R. van den Berg" <> | Subject | Re: OFFTOPIC: e2fsprogs and +2Gb partitions |
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David S. Miller wrote: >1) The latency from adding a new (for example) flag bit to > a structure and when user programs can actually get at it.
>2) The "just 'cp' it" argument is slightly parsimonious to me, > if we could just 'cp' it, we wouldn't have kernel header > file issues with glibc, changes do need to be made to make > them "libc friendly" or whatnot, and here is where errors > can be introduced
I guess, we now will need at least one new maintainer of a package called "kernel->userland headers". It, most likely, will be a collection of sed and awk scripts (maybe perl) which will run through the kernel tree, creating a clean userland-useable tree. It should adapt automatically to minor additions (like extra defines or structs), it needs manual adaptation whenever files move. -- Sincerely, srb@cuci.nl Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless).
Real programmers don't just die, they produce core dumps.
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