Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >> CFLAGS contains a mysterious "-I ../../usr/include", but no such path >> exists in the linux tree. The line was originally introduced in >> 4e53f78e (tools/virtio: virtio_test tool, 2010-11-29), but no such path >> existed in the tree even then. > > It exists if you do make headers_install.
I see. Why do we need these (or userspace headers) when /include exists in the linux tree though? > So it's handy for old distos where userspace headers don't > exist or are out of date. I thought userspace headers (linux-kernel-headers package in my distribution) are used for building kernel modules that exist as independent projects outside the linux tree (?). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
