From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262894AbTEGGQA (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 02:16:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262902AbTEGGQA (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 02:16:00 -0400 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([195.224.96.167]:7945 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262894AbTEGGP7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 02:15:59 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 07:28:30 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: "David S. Miller" Cc: dwmw2@infradead.org, thomas@horsten.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.21-rc1: byteorder.h breaks with __STRICT_ANSI__ defined (trivial) Message-ID: <20030507072830.A7586@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , "David S. Miller" , dwmw2@infradead.org, thomas@horsten.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030507062613.A5318@infradead.org> <20030506.220714.35679546.davem@redhat.com> <20030507072002.A7424@infradead.org> <20030506.221900.38693097.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030506.221900.38693097.davem@redhat.com>; from davem@redhat.com on Tue, May 06, 2003 at 10:19:00PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 10:19:00PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > What about if I extend stuff without breaking the ABI? > How do apps get at the new features? They get the features when they use the new headers. They ususally want changes to support those new features anyway.. > Actually, if you look, things like include/linux/xfrm.h are excellent > examples of userland compatible kernel headers :-) rtnetlink.h is a bad example. Just to use something you quoted earlier in this thread..