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On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 11:18, Jeff Garzik wrote:
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> I sent a comment in to the only email address I could find describing
> the issues (politely!), but as a mere peon I doubt it will have much
> effect. The best we can do is ignore this POSIX junk and hope it goes
> away...
I'd like something more positive than "hope it goes away"... :-)
This allows me to do my irregular "does anyone care about the kernel ABI / API
definition?" song'n'dance.
Currently we use standard unix semantics - char devices, block devices,
sockets, etc. However there is no definition for what that interface actually
does. We have (most of ?) SUSv3, but there are a lot of other things we're
doing. Some (many?) of the features aren't getting used because:
1. Not known by userspace programmers.
2. Non-standard semantics and no tutorial / example material.
3. Random changes to features and lack of versioning.
We also have serious problems with management of header files. "Use the
headers that came with your glibc" misses ioctl() definitions, which are
inherently kernel interfaces, not glibc interfaces.
I'll again offer to moderate a BoF, at LCA (http://www.linux.conf.au) in
Perth. I don't have anything like the answers, so its only worth doing if
someone with a clue is interested. LCA BoFs don't have much time or many
slots, so if there's a decent amount of interest, it might be worth doing on
the Tuesday (say for a couple of hours, in the vacant third mini-conf slot).
Does anyone care?
Brad
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http://linux.conf.au. 22-25Jan2003. Perth, Aust. I'm registered. Are you?
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