Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Sep 2013 09:02:31 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH trivial] UAPI: Kbuild: add/modify comments for "uapi/Kbuild" and "uapi/linux/Kbuild" | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> |
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On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 3:08 AM, Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com> wrote: > On 09/04/2013 12:41 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:46 AM, Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com> wrote: >>> --- a/include/uapi/Kbuild >>> +++ b/include/uapi/Kbuild >>> @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ >>> # UAPI Header export list >>> -# Top-level Makefile calls into asm-$(ARCH) >>> -# List only non-arch directories below >>> - >>> +# Except "linux/", UAPI means Universal API. >> >> Sorry for my silly question, but what's the purpose of this "Universal >> API" comment? >> > > Firstly, at least for me, I don't think it is a silly question (maybe > it means I should give additional explanations). :-) > > I 'guess' the "Universal API" means: > > "the API which can be used under multiple OS (independent from Linux), it may be used under kernel mode or user mode". > > It is just my 'guess', welcome additional suggestions or completions by > any members. > > When we get this correct additional explanation after discussing, if > suitable, I should add the final explanation to current patch.
Thanks. As this is not related at all to Linux, I don't see a reason to add this comment.
Here, "UAPI" means "userspace API" only.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds
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