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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] scsi.h uses "u8" which isn't defined.
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    On Monday 18 August 2003 15:04, Jeff Garzik wrote:

    > > 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.

    Or used directly by uclibc (and linux from scratch) to build the library
    against.

    > 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

    Okay, I'd like to ask about the headers thing:

    I've got a project using uclibc, and build it myself, currently against the
    2.4 headers. What's the plan for 2.6? Everything I've seen on the subject
    is "using kernel headers directly from userspace is evil, even to build your
    libc against, but we currently offer no alternative, so go bug your libc
    maintainer and have THEM do it..."

    I'm hoping I've missed something in the months I was off the list this spring,
    but haven't quite figured out what to search for in the archives yet...

    Rob


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