Re: Use of Kernel Headers

[Tobias DiPasquale <codeslinger@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 11:30:36 +0200 (CEST), Henrik Nordstrom
<hno@marasystems.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Jim Gifford wrote:
> 
> > This all goes back to having true separation between the kernel and
> > userspace, I'm starting to think iptables is different in it's situation and
> > true separation will never be possible
> 
> Separation is possible, it is mainly a matter of how the userspace headers
> should be maintained and how to ensure kernel compatibility to a
> reasonable manner (i.e. mostly an adminstrative issue). Today a lot of the
> kernel release compatibility depends on using the kernel headers. There is
> also a one or two extensions which have more complex dependencies but I
> think all of these is in pom extra.

Perhaps a special macro could be used to demarcate the sections of
kernel headers that are for userspace use (opposite of what __KERNEL__
does now). Then, when you wanted a set of headers for userspace apps
to use when they needed to interface with the kernel, a script could
be run to strip out all sections of the headers that were not
demarcated for use by userspace, and only those headers would be
copied into /usr/include/linux? Would that be a workable solution? Or
is it more complicated than that?

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[ Tobias DiPasquale ]
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