From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KYoRV-00030g-EV for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:50:09 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KYoRR-0002z5-Po for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:50:08 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47725 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KYoRR-0002yz-LS for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:50:05 -0400 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.234]:50500) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KYoRR-0001yo-3A for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:50:05 -0400 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h29so172137wxd.4 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:50:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48B70F4A.5030802@codemonkey.ws> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:49:14 -0500 From: Anthony Liguori MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] usb-linux.c: #define __user to work around broken Linux headers References: <18614.53575.679530.36194@mariner.uk.xensource.com> <48B70534.40103@codemonkey.ws> <20080828204114.GD3229@networkno.de> In-Reply-To: <20080828204114.GD3229@networkno.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Thiemo Seufer Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Thiemo Seufer wrote: > Anthony Liguori wrote: > > It was rejected because distros should fix their broken headers instead. > In all fairness the headers in /usr/include/linux are not meant for application consumption. The are for private use by glibc. Applications are suppose to copy and fixup Linux headers into their local trees. Regards, Anthony Liguori > Thiemo >