From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263049AbTIEOgN (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:36:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263024AbTIEOgN (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:36:13 -0400 Received: from pub237.cambridge.redhat.com ([213.86.99.237]:54726 "EHLO executor.cambridge.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263049AbTIEOgM (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:36:12 -0400 Subject: Re: kernel header separation From: David Woodhouse To: andersen@codepoet.org Cc: Matthew Wilcox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20030903014908.GB1601@codepoet.org> References: <20030902191614.GR13467@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20030903014908.GB1601@codepoet.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1062772560.32473.25.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.5 (dwmw2) Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 15:36:01 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 19:49 -0600, Erik Andersen wrote: > Header files intended for use by users should probably drop > linux/types.h just include ,,, Then convert the > types over to ISO C99 types. Yes. Absolutely. In fact, we should do the rest of the kernel with as much fervour as we've been changing struct initialisers... but at least the user headers would be a good start. -- dwmw2