Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/2] KABI example conversion and cleanup

Giuseppe Bilotta
2006-03-26T13:24:38Z

On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:34:12 -0500, Kyle Moffett wrote:

> On Mar 26, 2006, at 07:26:48, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>> On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 06:52 -0500, Kyle Moffett wrote:
>>> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:46:27 -0500 Kyle Moffett
>>> <mrmacman_g4@mac.com> wrote:
>>>> I'm working on some sample patches now which I'll try to post in
>>>> a few days if I get the time.
>>>
>>> Ok, here's a sample of the KABI conversion and cleanup patches
>>> that I'm proposing. I have a few fundamental goals for these
>>> patches:
>>
>> is KABI the right name? I mean.. from the kernel pov it's the
>> interface to userspace ;)
>
> Well I guess you could call it UABI, but that might also imply that
> it's _userspace_ that defines the interface, instead of the kernel.
> Since the headers themselves are rather tightly coupled with the
> kernel, I think I'll stick with the KABI name for now (unless
> somebody can come up with a better one, of course :-D).

Well, since I guess UAKDABI (User Accessible Kernel Defined) is out of
the question, what about LABI? (Linux ABI)

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