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SubjectRe: [PATCH 44/57] microblaze_v7: termbits.h termios.h
Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Michal Simek wrote:
>>> I haven't gotten around to posting them for review, but I still think
>>> it would be great if we can at least make sure they are identical
>>> so we can remove your versions as soon as we have the asm-generic ones.
>> I tested it some min ago. I just take your termios.h and termbits.h from
>> asm-generic folder. I miss there only #include <asm/uaccess.h> in termion.h.
>>
>> Compilation is OK and kernel works with your files too. For me is easy to use
>> your version. If they are there, I'll use them.
>
> Ok. I did not just mean these specific files, but all the headers in
> general. I assume that you have not had a chance to look into the
> other header files, which is ok. Remis is currently cleaning up bits
> of the generic header files in Linux based on my work, and I asked
> him to look into your tree to see how much can be shared.
>
> Note that there is a problem of binary compatibility with certain headers.
> If e.g. the constants from termbits.h or some data structures slightly
> change, user space will still compile but no longer be compatible
> with other kernel versions, so this needs to be done very carefully.

As John wrote. It is completely new kernel and we do (will do) new toolchain
against new headers. I am open to use all generic approaches which will be in
kernel.

Thanks,
Michal

>
> Arnd <><


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