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Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 08:00:10 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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Subject: Re: staging: where to put system-wide includes
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On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 01:28:18PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> In staging, I need some includes that will become "system-wide" at the
> end.
> 
> Is it acceptable to create drivers/staging/include/linux (and
> friends), and then use -I magic to include those headers?

No, keep them in the subdir for the drivers you are adding please and
reference them by the location directly, no -I magic.

thanks,

greg k-h