[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Bryan Kadzban wrote: >> >> So then, if glibc installs everything like this, why do we need any >> kernel headers at all? Is it just for glibc (and stuff like util-linux >> that's Linux specific)? Hmm. > > Yes, LKML folks appear to agree that the kernel headers are just for the C > library (be it glibc, uclibc or whatever) and a very small number of Linux > specific packages. See > http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0604.3/1404.html, the last > paragraph in particular.
I'm not sure I completely understand. Is Linus saying that it is up to the interface library to *copy* the needed data structures (not including) from the kernel to their own set of public headers? If so, is this because the kernel devs don't know what definitions are needed by the interface library? What is the position of the glibc devs? -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
