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On Friday 06 February 2004 08:29 pm, Kumba wrote: |
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> I think there is some thought on LKML to resolve this finally in 2.6, by |
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> creating a split in the kernel headers, separating out a sanitized set |
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> of user-space headers and headers intended exclusively for the kernel. |
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> No idea when this idea might be implemented in 2.6....it might become a |
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> 2.7 feature. |
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i think in the first few test's of 2.6.0 there was a couple of threads that |
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actually had good things in them about producing a user-space API ... i dont |
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remember the guy's name, but i saw one post where he cleaned up the API for |
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some driver as a 'proof of concept' dealie ... |
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but like kumba said, i think the end result was that they want to do this, but |
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it's going to happen in 2.7 (2.8 for most of us) |
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and to add on to the santized thing, plasmaroo has done a lot of great work |
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with cleaning up the linux-headers-2.6.0 package to make it usuable |
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-mike |
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