Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Dec 1999 00:14:38 -0500 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] asm*/resource.h fix for glibc | From | tytso@mit ... |
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Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 17:53:04 -0500 From: Raul Miller <moth@magenta.com>
Try telling that to Ted T'so. [He insists that /usr/src/linux/ and /usr/src/asm/ must match the currently running kernel. While I disagree with him -- rather strongly -- I do have to admit that there's no simpler standard to support novices who need to build kernel modules.]
Wait a minute. There are there issues here, which are being confused:
* whether /usr/include/{linux,asm} should refer to the current default kernel sources;
* whether /usr/src/linux should be a pointer to the current default kernel sources;
* whether user land programs should include kernel header files or not.
(It is assumed to be understood that standalone kernel modules *have* to refer to the curent default kernel sources.)
Whether or not /usr/include/{linux,asm} should point to the sources of the current default kernel, and whether or not user land programs should refer to the kernel sources, hopefully it's painfully obvious to all concerned why it is extremely useful to have a standardized way to refer to the current default kernel sources --- and that /usr/src/linux is it.
- Ted
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