From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
To: Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com>
Cc: jesper.juhl@gmail.com, arjan@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is that an acceptable interface change?
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 08:25:47 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060306082547.bc9671f8.rdunlap@xenotime.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060306161512.GB23513@dspnet.fr.eu.org>
On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:15:12 +0100 Olivier Galibert wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 04:55:02PM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > Userspace apps should not include kernel headers, period.
> > So, userspace applications really shouldn't care.
>
> Please excuse me if I'm a little dense here, but the kernel headers
> _define_ the userspace-kernel interface. If you don't have them or a
> sanitized copy of them you just can't talk with the kernel at all.
JJ should/could have said what to use instead.*
You should use glibc sanitized kernel headers.
Raw kernel headers are not appropriate or supported for use in
userspace.
*: similar to some replies like "No" without further explanation.
---
~Randy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-03-06 16:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-06 1:17 Olivier Galibert
2006-03-06 7:52 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-03-06 15:50 ` Olivier Galibert
2006-03-06 15:55 ` Jesper Juhl
2006-03-06 16:15 ` Olivier Galibert
2006-03-06 16:20 ` Jesper Juhl
2006-03-06 16:25 ` Randy.Dunlap [this message]
2006-03-06 17:00 ` Paul Jackson
2006-03-06 17:23 ` Christopher Friesen
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