Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/2] KABI example conversion and cleanup

[Kyle Moffett]

On Mar 26, 2006, at 08:29:49, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Kyle Moffett wrote:
> > Well I guess you could call it UABI, but that might also imply  
> > that it's _userspace_ that defines the interface, instead of the  
> > kernel.  Since the headers themselves are rather tightly coupled  
> > with the kernel, I think I'll stick with the KABI name for now  
> > (unless somebody can come up with a better one, of course :-D).
>
> How about __linux, or __linux_abi? There are ABIs for other  
> components, and other OSes. Linux is the name of the project after  
> all.

The other thing that I quickly noticed while writing up the patches  
is that it's kind of tedious typing __kabi_ over and over again.  I  
actually did first try with __linux_abi_ but the typing effort and  
finger cramps made me give up on that really quickly.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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