From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
bluebird@gentoo.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH-2.6.28 final] byteorder: fix new headers for userspace
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:08:56 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081219090856.48666b14@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0812181246420.14014@localhost.localdomain>
On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:47:28 -0800 (PST)
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > I think it would be better to just make it a config option, call it
> > CONFIG_[LITTLE|BIG]_ENDIAN and set it up in the architecture
> > Kconfig file. I think some of the people who can set it dynamically
> > (or where it depends on the target machine) already effectively do
> > that.
>
> Never mind, since we end up having to export it to user space (do
> we?) we can't depend on the config.h file, nor can we pollute the
> name space.
>
why are we exposing byte order functions to userspace in the first
place ????
--
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From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
bluebird@gentoo.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH-2.6.28 final] byteorder: fix new headers for userspace
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:08:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081219090856.48666b14@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0812181246420.14014@localhost.localdomain>
On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:47:28 -0800 (PST)
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > I think it would be better to just make it a config option, call it
> > CONFIG_[LITTLE|BIG]_ENDIAN and set it up in the architecture
> > Kconfig file. I think some of the people who can set it dynamically
> > (or where it depends on the target machine) already effectively do
> > that.
>
> Never mind, since we end up having to export it to user space (do
> we?) we can't depend on the config.h file, nor can we pollute the
> name space.
>
why are we exposing byte order functions to userspace in the first
place ????
--
Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre
For development, discussion and tips for power savings,
visit http://www.lesswatts.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-19 8:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-13 15:55 Compiling glibc with 2.6.28 linux headers Friedrich Oslage
2008-12-16 9:13 ` David Miller
2008-12-16 9:13 ` David Miller
2008-12-17 1:22 ` Harvey Harrison
2008-12-17 1:22 ` Harvey Harrison
2008-12-18 1:46 ` [PATCH-2.6.28 final] byteorder: fix new headers for userspace Harvey Harrison
2008-12-18 1:46 ` Harvey Harrison
2008-12-18 20:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-12-18 20:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-12-18 20:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-12-18 20:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-12-18 20:53 ` Harvey Harrison
2008-12-18 20:53 ` Harvey Harrison
2008-12-19 8:08 ` Arjan van de Ven [this message]
2008-12-19 8:08 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-12-19 16:37 ` Harvey Harrison
2008-12-19 16:37 ` Harvey Harrison
2009-01-06 10:23 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2009-01-06 10:23 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2009-01-06 16:41 ` Harvey Harrison
2009-01-06 16:41 ` Harvey Harrison
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