From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>
Cc: USB list <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: question on uapi
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:22:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023071349-lunar-slate-1339@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <dfb234d2-9ee0-313f-d1a2-16c3767ccab6@suse.com>
On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 12:39:09PM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Hi,
>
> what is the policy on uapi. It being for user space means
> that it should be as complete as possible, even if the kernel does not need stuff,
> should it not?
If the kernel does not need it, why add it to a uapi .h file as there is
nothing that userspace could do with it, right?
Or are you talking about USB protocols/structures that userspace can use
by talking to a USB device directly?
Specifics would be great to have, thanks.
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-13 13:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-13 10:39 question on uapi Oliver Neukum
2023-07-13 13:22 ` Greg KH [this message]
2023-07-13 13:49 ` Oliver Neukum
2023-07-13 13:54 ` Greg KH
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