Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:47:55 -0500 | From | Daniel Jacobowitz <> | Subject | Re: Userland headers available |
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On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 07:07:17PM +0100, Mariusz Mazur wrote: > At http://ep09.pld-linux.org/~mmazur/glibc-kernel-headers/ there are userland > headers for linux, derived from 2.6 kernels with lots of 2.4 compatibility > fixes. CVS repo can be found at cvs.pld-linux.org/glibc-kernel-headers (anon > and webcvs). These headers are currently used to compile a whole linux distro > (ftp.pld-linux.org/dists/ac) for x86, sparc, amd64, alpha and ppc, but > general fixes are applied to all archs since we never know if a new arch > won't be added (amd64 was added just a month-two ago). #1 feature is that > they are and will be maintained (currently three people are working on them) > and bugs are mostly fixed instantly. Enjoy.
I've done precisely the same thing for Debian - if I find the time, I'll compare...
I would really like to come up with an approach to maintain this interface definition in the kernel source. I'm still trying to think of a way to do it without breaking compatibility or kernel builds.
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