From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To: Abraham vd Merwe <abraham@2d3d.co.za>
Cc: Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Felix von Leitner <leitner@fefe.de>
Subject: Re: kernel headers & userland
Date: 06 Aug 2001 04:56:49 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m166c1wj66.fsf@frodo.biederman.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010806095638.A5638@crystal.2d3d.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <20010806095638.A5638@crystal.2d3d.co.za>
Abraham vd Merwe <abraham@2d3d.co.za> writes:
> Hi!
>
> Apparently Linus told Felix von Leitner (the author of dietlibc - a small,
> no nonsense glibc replacement C library) a while ago _not_ to include any
> linux kernel headers in userland (i.e. the C library headers in this case).
>
> This imho is obviously wrong since there are definitely a need for including
> kernel headers on a linux platform.
??? Necessity no. Are there practical benefits yes.
The policy of the kernel developers in general is that if your apps
includes kernel headers and it breaks, it is a kernel problem.
As for ioctl it is a giant mess that needs to be taken out and shot.
And yes there are places where even the mighty glibc is in the wrong.
Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-06 11:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-06 7:56 kernel headers & userland Abraham vd Merwe
2001-08-06 10:56 ` Eric W. Biederman [this message]
2001-08-06 11:09 ` Abraham vd Merwe
2001-08-06 15:20 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-08-06 12:41 ` Alan Cox
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