From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161145AbVICFuK (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Sep 2005 01:50:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161147AbVICFuK (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Sep 2005 01:50:10 -0400 Received: from codepoet.org ([166.70.99.138]:19415 "EHLO codepoet.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161145AbVICFuI (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Sep 2005 01:50:08 -0400 Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 23:50:07 -0600 From: Erik Andersen To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Splitting out kernel<=>userspace ABI headers Message-ID: <20050903055007.GA30966@codepoet.org> Reply-To: andersen@codepoet.org Mail-Followup-To: andersen@codepoet.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20050902134108.GA16374@codepoet.org> <22D79100-00B5-44F6-992C-FFFEACA49E66@mac.com> <20050902235833.GA28238@codepoet.org> <20050903042859.GA30101@codepoet.org> <4319330C.5030404@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4319330C.5030404@zytor.com> X-No-Junk-Mail: I do not want to get *any* junk mail. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri Sep 02, 2005 at 10:22:20PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Exportable types need to be double-underscore types, because the header > files in user space that would include them can generally not include > . I'm not talking about kernel headers that have to worry about eventually being included in user space headers. Those nearly all live in include/asm. I'm talking about the kernel headers that define how userspace is supposed to interface with particular kernel drivers or hardware. Headers such as linux/cdrom.h and linux/loop.h and linux/fb.h. -Erik -- Erik B. Andersen http://codepoet-consulting.com/ --This message was written using 73% post-consumer electrons--