Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Jun 2001 18:06:00 -0500 (CDT) | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: Linux kernel headers violate RFC2553 |
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On 8 Jun 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> The basic issue is that the kernel will _refuse_ to follow the > "namespace of the day" rules of C89, C99, POSIX, BSD, SuS, GNU .. the > list goes on. The kernel headers are not meant to be used in user space, > and will not have the strict namespace rules that a lot of standards > spend so much time playing with.
Add something like this to linux/config.h in 2.5?
#if !defined(__KERNEL__) || !defined(__KERNEL_ME_HARDER__) #warning "Using kernel headers in userspace apps is unsupported." #warning "Don't come crying to us when it breaks." #endif
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