Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 May 2003 22:38:05 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Recent changes to sysctl.h breaks glibc |
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Martin Schlemmer wrote: > > The only issue that we might have, is that <linux/abi/*> will once > again break many things. Sure, if we have to fix them once to get > this fixed for good, why not. > > On the other hand, why not leave it at <linux/*.h> and <asm/*.h> > as the location of the ABI, and then move all kernel only > related stuff to <kernel/*.h> (or whatever, just the concept which > count ...) which can then include whatever it needs form the other > places (linux/asm)? >
Because then there will be a push to be backward compatible, and the current structure is hideously poor for this purpose.
-hpa
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