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From: Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk>
To: Blaisorblade <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [uml-devel] PATCH [02/03]: eliminate skas_ptrace.h
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:16:33 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <873b7zy7ce.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200611291706.42798.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> (blaisorblade@yahoo.it's message of "Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:06:42 +0100")

On 29 Nov 2006, blaisorblade@yahoo.it uttered the following:

> On Sunday 26 November 2006 22:03, Nix wrote:
>> This diff removes references to the conflicting-with-kernel-headers
>> skas_ptrace.h, and moves skas_ptrace.h into the um header
>> tree.
> Unaccurate - you move skas_ptrace.h into include/asm-i386, right?

Gah. Yes. Sorry, brainfart.

>> There are still some trees (PPC, IA64) with a copy of a 
>> skas_ptrace.h left and without ptrace-skas.h broken off from
>> ptrace.h: these may be broken by this change, but I can't test
>> them so I can't tell.
> This change is plain wrong this way, if my reasoning is correct. 
>
> arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.o is in USER_OBJS, so it is compiled against host 
> headers.
> You cannot _depend_ on them including the SKAS patch, as I said. And that 
> header is in arch/um/include to be includable by both kernelspace and 
> userspace files...

Oh, hell, true. The problem is that we'll have to cater for people who
*have* included the skas headers, including the old ones...

... fixed patch coming in a bit (shopping and 2.6.19 upgrade first).

-- 
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 or BeOS... is that Emacs boots quicker.' --- PdS

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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-11-26 21:03 [uml-devel] PATCH [02/03]: eliminate skas_ptrace.h Nix
2006-11-29 16:06 ` Blaisorblade
2006-12-01 15:16   ` Nix [this message]
2006-12-01 21:54     ` Nix
2006-12-07 12:41       ` Blaisorblade

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