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From: Tim Hockin <thockin@hockin.org>
To: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Splitting kernel headers and deprecating __KERNEL__
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On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 04:57:06AM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> ITYM "to areas where it actually gets used".  A _lot_ in include/* is
> used only by a couple of drivers and should've been sitting in
> drivers/*/* instead.

Amen to that!  Just because it is a header doesn't mean it belongs in
include.  Just because it is a #define or a struct definition does not
mean it belongs in a header.

So many people don't get the idea of exposed vs private interfaces.