Re: Recent changes to sysctl.h breaks glibc

From: Chris Friesen (cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com)
Date: Tue May 20 2003 - 09:01:25 EST


Riley Williams wrote:

> First, is there anything in include/asm that is actually needed
> outside the kernel itself? There shouldn't be, and if there is,
> it needs to be moved to a header under include/linux that is
> included in the relevant include/asm file.

It's handy for stuff like getting high res timestamps without having to ifdef
the case of building on different architechtures. Also, there are files under
include/linux which end up including asm stuff in turn.

> The basic rule would be that external software can make free
> use of headers under include/linux but should never make any
> use whatsoever of headers under include/kernel or include/asm
> for any reason.

What if the include/linux files themselves make use of the asm files?

Chris

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