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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, klibc@zytor.com
Subject: Re: [klibc] [patch] import socket defines
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:10:07 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4787164F.9030805@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200801110207.39736.vapier@gentoo.org>

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> oh, sorry, i see what you mean.  i was thinking in terms of crap removed (as 
> that's what i'm after), not crap added (which is what Peter is after).  i 
> hadnt noticed that.  i dont know if it'll break glibc (and really, any other 
> sane libc).  if that is the case, then i think klibc here is the 2nd class 
> citizen to everyone else.

I don't really understand why you insist on using such inflammatory 
language; all this stuff is ABI constants, and the only reason glibc 
doesn't use them is that glibc prefers to use enums over #defines.

Right now, glibc is special-cased.  glibc also tends to be very 
deliberate about its kernel header inclusions.  It wants a subset of the 
available defines, so it can include a subset header.

The reverse is definitely possible too -- all other users (kernel, 
newlib, dietlibc, uclibc, and klibc) can change and leave the current 
state for glibc.

We can special-case the kernel in the above case, but that would involve 
some additional ugliness.

	-hpa

  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-11  7:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200801012029.21432.vapier@gentoo.org>
     [not found] ` <477AF86E.1080309@zytor.com>
     [not found]   ` <200801020830.43449.vapier@gentoo.org>
2008-01-02 18:09     ` [klibc] [patch] import socket defines H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-11  6:16       ` David Miller
2008-01-11  6:23         ` Mike Frysinger
2008-01-11  6:41           ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-11  6:47           ` David Miller
2008-01-11  7:02             ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-11  7:07             ` Mike Frysinger
2008-01-11  7:10               ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2008-01-11  7:42                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-11  7:57                 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-01-11  8:00                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-11  9:02                     ` Mike Frysinger
2008-01-11  9:28                       ` Mike Frysinger

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