Re: Kernel header policy

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 03:37:47PM -0600, Marc Aurele La France wrote:
> I am contacting you to express my concern over a growing trend in kernel
> development.  I am specifically referring to changes being made to kernel
> headers that break compatibility at the userland level, where __KERNEL__
> isn't #define'd.

Kernel headers are not to be included by userspace programs.  See the
archives for details...

> b) <linux/pci.h> has been broken since 2.5.62's development cycle and has
>    yet to be fixed.  Here, the #include of <linux/mod_devicetable.h> needs
>    to be bracked by __KERNEL__.  This is another occurrence of "1)".

-ENOPATCH.

thanks,

greg k-h
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