Re: Kernel includefile bug not fixed after a year :-(

Andreas Steinmetz
2003-09-30T12:12:17Z

Jens Axboe wrote:
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> I think I do.
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>>In order to use kernel interfaces you _need_ to include kernel include
>>files.
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> False. You need to include the glibc kernel headers.
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Then please tell me why PPPIOCNEWUNIT is only defined in linux/if_ppp.h
and not net/if_ppp.h which is still true for glibc-2.3.2. And please
don't tell me to ask the glibc folks. There are inconsistencies between
kernel headers and userland headers which force the inclusion of kernel
headers in userland applications.