Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Jul 2002 12:19:24 -0600 | From | Erik Andersen <> | 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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