From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Campbell Subject: Re: Kernel headers git tree Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:20:19 +0100 Message-ID: <1152861620.6977.3.camel@insmouth> References: <1152835150.31372.23.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Jul 14 09:20:55 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G1Hyc-0005rl-AG for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:20:43 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161066AbWGNHUi convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:20:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161069AbWGNHUi (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:20:38 -0400 Received: from mta07-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.47]:9657 "EHLO mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161066AbWGNHUh convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:20:37 -0400 Received: from aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20060714072035.CNHQ15018.mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com>; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:20:35 +0100 Received: from hopkins.hellion.org.uk ([86.7.20.21]) by aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20060714072035.EFQU29849.aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@hopkins.hellion.org.uk>; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:20:35 +0100 Received: from insmouth.hellion.org.uk ([192.168.1.176]) by hopkins.hellion.org.uk with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_MD5:16) (Exim 4.50) id 1G1HyL-0005mO-5k; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:20:31 +0100 To: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <1152835150.31372.23.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.1.176 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ijc@hellion.org.uk X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on hopkins.hellion.org.uk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 (built Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:44:12 +0100) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hopkins.hellion.org.uk) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 00:59 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > At http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=3Dlinux/kernel/git/dwmw2/kernel-heade= rs.git > there's a git tree which contains the sanitised exported headers for = all > architectures -- basically the result of 'make headers_install'. >=20 > It tracks Linus' kernel tree, by means of some evil scripts.=B9 >=20 > Only commits in Linus' tree which actually affect the exported result > should have an equivalent commit in the above tree, which means that = any > changes which affect userspace should be clearly visible for review. It might be useful to append the commit checksum from Linus' tree to th= e comments so it is easier to backtrack to the original commit. Ian.=20 --=20 Ian Campbell Your step will soil many countries.