Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:33:12 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Robert P. J. Day" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][RFC] Delete export of tty.h to userspace. |
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day napsal(a): > > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> > > > > --- > > > > given that the entire contents of include/linux/tty.h is contained > > within an "#ifdef __KERNEL__", it seems pointless to export it to > > userspace, unless there's some kind of need for that header file to > > exist in userspace, even if it's empty. > > > > a quick grep shows that nothing under /usr/include references any > > file of the name "tty.h" in any way. thoughts? > > If we decide to remove the file, I would rather go through > deprecation of the file with filing an entry in > feature-remove-schedule. There still seems to be some users of the > file.
i'm curious -- how did you determine that?
> With deprecation done with sth. like > #ifndef __KERNEL__ > #warning Don't include this file from userspace, it's emtpy. > #endif
yes, that makes sense. i can do that.
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