Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:50:00 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 'make headers_install' kbuild target. |
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On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 04:28:53PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > >... > > > > What exactly is the problem with creating the userspace ABI in > > include/kabi/ and letting distributions do an > > cd /usr/include && ln -s kabi/* . > > ? > > > > Or with creating the userspace ABI in include/kabi/ and letting > > distributions install the subdirs of include/kabi/ directly under > > /usr/include? > > > > These are two doable approaches with a new kabi/ that avoid needless > > breaking of userspace. > > First off: > There are many other users that poke direct in the kernel source also.
Kernel space users? User space users?
Can you give an example of what you are thinking of?
> Secondly and more importantly: > Introducing kabi/ you will have a half solution where several users will > have to find their stuff in two places for a longer period. > kabi/ does not allow you to do it incrementally - it requires you to > move everything over from a start. > You may argue that you can just move over a little bit mroe than needed > but then we ruin the incremental approach.
For kernel space, you can do it incrementally, since the whole kabi/ stuff should be transparent for in-kernel uses.
For user space, you need one switch. But this switch goes from the current mess with several independent user space header implementations to one official implementation.
> Sam
cu Adrian
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