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From: "J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linuxabi
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 12:20:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031001102001.GA3495@werewolf.able.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <UTC200310010001.h9101NU17078.aeb@smtp.cwi.nl> (from Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl on Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 02:01:23 +0200)


On 10.01, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> Hi Linus,
> 
> Something we have talked about for a long time is
> separating out from the kernel headers the parts
> fit for inclusion in user space.
> 
> This is a very large project, and it will take a long
> time, especially if we want the user space headers to
> be a pleasure to look at, instead of just a cut-n-paste
> copy of whatever we find in the current headers.
> 
> Some start is required, and the very first step is
> making sure that you agree with the project.
> Immediately following is the choice of directory names.
> 
> Below
>   (i) a small textfile "linuxabi" describing the naming
> (subdirectories linuxabi and linuxabi-alpha etc of include),

Why not just 'abi' ? Simpler, and allows glibc to include
just 'abi/xxxx' in other systems if they follow the same convention (BSD?) ?

Where would this live in userspace, /usr/include/abi or /usr/include/linux/abi ?
How would this relate to current /usr/include/linux 
(symlink /usr/include/linux to /usr/include/abi) ?

Just curious.

-- 
J.A. Magallon <jamagallon()able!es>     \                 Software is like sex:
werewolf!able!es                         \           It's better when it's free
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-10-01 10:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-10-01  0:01 [PATCH] linuxabi Andries.Brouwer
2003-10-01  2:05 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2003-10-01  3:34   ` viro
2003-10-01  4:52     ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-10-01  5:22       ` Philippe Troin
2003-10-01  5:50         ` Miles Bader
2003-10-01 14:33     ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-10-01 10:20 ` J.A. Magallon [this message]
2003-10-02 14:39 ` Eric W. Biederman
2003-10-02 15:33   ` Andries Brouwer
2003-10-03  7:36     ` Eric W. Biederman
2003-10-04  3:37       ` Rob Landley
2003-10-04  6:31         ` Erik Andersen
     [not found]   ` <fa.e2g5r6g.u3igb4@ifi.uio.no>
2003-10-03 16:49     ` Kai Henningsen
2003-10-03 17:32   ` Sam Ravnborg
     [not found] <BCSP.62t.7@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found] ` <CcWl.7kh.9@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]   ` <CdIL.8ts.13@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-10-03 14:02     ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau

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