Re: [PATCH] uapi: update install list after nvme.h rename

From: Mike Frysinger
Date: Wed Jan 13 2016 - 20:17:26 EST


On 12 Jan 2016 09:45, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 01/11/2016, 02:14 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > Commit 9d99a8dda154 ("nvme: move hardware structures out of the uapi
> > version of nvme.h") renamed nvme.h to nvme_ioctl.h, but the uapi list
> > still refers to nvme.h. People trying to install the headers hit a
> > failure as the header no longer exists.
>
> Wouldn't reverting the rename be nicer to userspace? So that the
> filename is preserved and anybody who #included nvme.h still can do so?

i have no opinion on either route

on a related note, shouldn't headers install be part of the automatic
kernel checks that are run against repos on kernel.org ? who runs that
thing ?
-mike

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