Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 06 May 2003 20:06:38 -0700 (PDT) | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.4.21-rc1: byteorder.h breaks with __STRICT_ANSI__ defined (trivial) | | From | "David S. Miller" <> |
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From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 22:19:06 +0100
The correct fix is to provide a userland-only version of cdrom.h which doesn't use the private kernel types.h. Or a file containing _only_ those parts which can be shared between kernel and userland, defined using standard types such as uint32_t etc.
Correct in your world only :-)
Listen, what do you think is the latency every time I add something to rtnetlink.h or pfkeyv2.h? Should I just sit and twiddle my thumbs waiting for everyone to update their glibc or kernel-headers or whatever package before they can compile networking apps using the new feature?
The fact is, until that issue is solved, we have to assume that programs are going to include kernel headers and there is nothing we can do about it until we provide a better situation than exists now.
Therefore, making inclusions of these kinds of headers work from userspace is in some sense a requirement. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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