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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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)
Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 07:28:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030507072830.A7586@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030506.221900.38693097.davem@redhat.com>; from davem@redhat.com on Tue, May 06, 2003 at 10:19:00PM -0700

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..


  reply	other threads:[~2003-05-07  6:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-05-06  9:16 [PATCH] 2.4.21-rc1: byteorder.h breaks with __STRICT_ANSI__ defined (trivial) Thomas Horsten
2003-05-06  9:19 ` David S. Miller
2003-05-06  9:38 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-05-06  9:47   ` Thomas Horsten
2003-05-06  9:49     ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-05-06 10:03       ` David S. Miller
2003-05-06 14:10         ` Thomas Horsten
2003-05-06 13:06           ` David S. Miller
2003-05-06 15:40             ` Thomas Horsten
2003-05-07  5:50               ` ismail (cartman) donmez
2003-05-07  6:44                 ` Thomas Horsten
2003-05-07  6:45                   ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-05-07  5:44                     ` David S. Miller
2003-05-07  6:55                       ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-05-07  6:59                     ` Thomas Horsten
2003-05-07  5:53                       ` David S. Miller
2003-05-06 21:19           ` David Woodhouse
2003-05-07  3:06             ` David S. Miller
2003-05-07  5:26               ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-05-07  5:07                 ` David S. Miller
2003-05-07  6:20                   ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-05-07  5:19                     ` David S. Miller
2003-05-07  6:28                       ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2003-05-07  5:27                         ` David S. Miller
2003-05-07  6:41                           ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-05-07  5:42                             ` David S. Miller
     [not found] <20030506110259.A29633@infradead.org>
2003-05-06 10:24 ` Thomas Horsten
2003-11-06 17:36 Martin Schlemmer
2003-11-06 17:37 ` David S. Miller
2003-11-06 18:32   ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-11-06 18:42     ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-11-06 19:37       ` David S. Miller
2003-11-06 20:09         ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-11-06 20:05           ` David S. Miller
2003-11-06 20:29             ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-11-06 20:27               ` David S. Miller
2003-11-06 21:18                 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-11-06 21:18                   ` David S. Miller
2003-11-06 21:59                     ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-11-06 21:24                   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-11-06 20:40               ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-11-06 22:31                 ` David S. Miller
2003-11-06 23:40                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-11-06 21:21             ` Daniel Jacobowitz

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