Re: [PATCH trivial] UAPI: Kbuild: add/modify comments for"uapi/Kbuild" and "uapi/linux/Kbuild"

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue Sep 03 2013 - 12:41:34 EST


On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:46 AM, Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> --- a/include/uapi/Kbuild
> +++ b/include/uapi/Kbuild
> @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
> # UAPI Header export list
> -# Top-level Makefile calls into asm-$(ARCH)
> -# List only non-arch directories below
> -
> +# Except "linux/", UAPI means Universal API.

Sorry for my silly question, but what's the purpose of this "Universal
API" comment?

> +# For "linux/", UAPI means User API which can be used by user mode.
>
> header-y += asm-generic/
> header-y += linux/

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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