Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:04:21 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] scsi.h uses "u8" which isn't defined. |
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On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 08:54:21PM +0200, Ihar 'Philips' Filipau wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: > >>hpa IIRC suggested to create a separate directory: > >>include/abi > >>and then all relevant parts of the kernel should publish their public > >>interface in the abi directory. Would that be usefull? > > > > > >I support include/abi, or some other directory that segregates > >user<->kernel shared headers away from kernel-private headers. > > > >I don't see how that would be auto-generated, though. Only created > >through lots of hard work :) > > > > There is no need to be a prophet to predict linux/abi being 99% > symlinks right into include/{asm,linux}. > > So it is can turn out to be the same ;-) > It just adds job for mantainers. > (To keep symlinks in correct order ;-))))) > > But generally idea is good: keep interface separately from > implementation.
No, the idea is to physically separate the headers.
include/{linux,asm} is currently copied to userspace, hacked a bit, and then shipped as the "glibc-kernheaders" package.
I would rather that the kernel developers directly maintained this interface, by updating headers in include/abi, rather than ad-hoc by distro people.
Jeff
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