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From: Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl>
To: David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
Cc: Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl>, Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>,
	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	hch@infradead.org, aoliva@redhat.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, libc-hacker@sources.redhat.com,
	Mariusz Mazur <mmazur@kernel.pl>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>,
	andersen@codepoet.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Splitting kernel headers and deprecating __KERNEL__
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 16:57:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041205155743.GA24304@pclin040.win.tue.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41B30AF2.6060505@dgreaves.com>

On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 01:19:46PM +0000, David Greaves wrote:
> Err,
> 
> Isn't this WRONG.

You did not read my mail, or you did not understand it.

Please write the patch for losetup to avoid looking at kernel source.
If you after writing think that it is cleaner than the present setup,
submit it.

> Should it not be determining the kernel version at runtime and using the 
> right structures then?

See - you do not understand at all.
The structures do not depend on the kernel version.

Andries

  reply	other threads:[~2004-12-05 15:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 185+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-25 15:13 [RFC] Splitting kernel headers and deprecating __KERNEL__ David Howells
2004-11-25 15:23 ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-25 16:54 ` Matthew Wilcox
2004-11-25 18:17   ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-27  3:24     ` Greg KH
2004-11-28 23:37       ` Paul Mackerras
2004-11-29  1:28         ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-29  4:36           ` Jeff Garzik
2004-11-29  4:57             ` Al Viro
2004-11-29  5:27               ` Tim Hockin
2004-11-29  7:51             ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-12-05  0:49             ` Rob Landley
2004-12-05  2:26               ` Andries Brouwer
2004-12-05 13:19                 ` David Greaves
2004-12-05 15:57                   ` Andries Brouwer [this message]
2004-12-05 23:05                     ` Rob Landley
2004-12-06  9:56                       ` Andries Brouwer
2004-11-29  9:42           ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-30  8:08             ` Alex Riesen
2004-11-30  8:57               ` Alex Riesen
2004-12-01 11:46             ` Ralf Baechle
2004-12-02  1:21               ` H. Peter Anvin
2004-11-29  9:53           ` Paul Mackerras
2004-11-29  9:57             ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-11-29 10:01               ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-29 11:41           ` Mariusz Mazur
2004-11-29 17:09           ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-11-29 17:41             ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-29 22:44               ` Al Viro
2004-12-01 11:36                 ` Roman Zippel
     [not found]               ` <oract0thnj.fsf@livre.redhat.lsd.ic.unicamp.br>
2004-11-29 23:00                 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-30  0:45                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2004-11-30  5:31                   ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-11-30  6:44                   ` bert hubert
2004-11-30 21:22                   ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-11-30 22:22                     ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-30 22:57                       ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-11-30 23:12                         ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-01 19:41                           ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-12-01 19:54                             ` Matthew Wilcox
2004-12-02  3:58                             ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-02  4:28                               ` Bernd Eckenfels
2004-12-02  5:11                                 ` Peter Williams
2004-12-02 11:30                                   ` Tomas Carnecky
2004-12-02 22:17                                     ` Peter Williams
2004-12-02  9:29                               ` Pekka Enberg
2004-12-02 15:35                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-02 21:46                                   ` Pekka Enberg
2004-11-30 15:35               ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-30 15:58                 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-30 16:28                   ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-30 16:53                     ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-30 17:52                       ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-30 18:21                         ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-30 20:28                           ` Mariusz Mazur
2004-11-30 20:47                             ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-30 22:33                               ` Sam Ravnborg
2004-11-30 22:44                                 ` Mariusz Mazur
2004-11-30 23:03                                   ` Al Viro
2004-11-30 23:08                                     ` Mariusz Mazur
2004-12-01  5:23                                       ` Sam Ravnborg
2004-12-01 10:52                                         ` Mariusz Mazur
2004-12-01 18:08                                           ` Sam Ravnborg
2004-11-30 23:13                                     ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-11-30 23:36                                     ` Chris Friesen
2004-12-01  5:50                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2004-11-30 22:48                           ` Matt Mackall
2004-11-30 22:51                             ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-11-30 23:09                               ` Chris Friesen
2004-11-30 23:35                                 ` Matt Mackall
2004-12-01  0:23                                 ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
2004-11-30 22:55                             ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-30 23:29                               ` Matt Mackall
2004-12-03  1:03                                 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2004-11-30 23:51                               ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-30 17:55                       ` Al Viro
2004-11-30 16:33                 ` David Howells
2004-11-30 16:57                   ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-30 15:33             ` David Howells
2004-11-30 15:51               ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-30 20:47                 ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-11-30 20:56                   ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-30 21:30                     ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-11-30 21:39                       ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-11-30 23:33                         ` Matthew Wilcox
2004-11-30 22:25                       ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-30 22:34                         ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-30 22:51                           ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-30 23:50                             ` David Woodhouse
2004-12-01  0:10                               ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-01  0:18                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-01  8:10                                   ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-12-01  0:24                                 ` David Woodhouse
2004-12-01  0:37                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-01  0:47                                     ` David Woodhouse
2004-12-01  0:57                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-01  1:06                                         ` David Woodhouse
2004-12-01  1:23                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-01  6:48                                           ` BAIN
2004-12-01  2:02                               ` cdrom.h (was Re: [RFC] Splitting kernel headers...) Matthew Wilcox
2004-11-30 22:52                         ` [RFC] Splitting kernel headers and deprecating __KERNEL__ Mariusz Mazur
2004-11-30 23:05                           ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-30 23:05                         ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-11-30 16:18               ` David Howells
2004-12-14  5:51           ` Werner Almesberger
2004-12-14 15:49             ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-14 16:50               ` Werner Almesberger
2004-12-14 17:58                 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-14 21:46                   ` Werner Almesberger
2004-12-14 21:58                     ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-14 23:49                     ` Krzysztof Halasa
2004-12-15  0:09                       ` Werner Almesberger
2004-12-16  0:58                         ` Krzysztof Halasa
2004-12-14 19:23                 ` Horst von Brand
2004-12-14 19:45                   ` Sam Ravnborg
2004-12-14 19:58                     ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-14 20:25                       ` Andreas Schwab
2004-12-14 20:33                         ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-14 16:55               ` Andreas Schwab
2004-12-14 17:59                 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-27 20:39   ` Sam Ravnborg
2004-11-25 18:20 ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-11-25 21:01   ` Matthew Wilcox
2004-11-25 22:35     ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-26 11:42       ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-11-27  0:13       ` Andreas Steinmetz
2004-11-27  0:26         ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-27  0:30           ` Andreas Steinmetz
2004-11-27  0:38             ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-26 11:47     ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-11-26 11:53       ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-27 16:12       ` Krzysztof Halasa
2004-11-26 11:58   ` David Howells
2004-11-26 12:00     ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-26 14:19       ` Matthew Wilcox
2004-11-26 14:33         ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-27 12:10           ` Alexander Stohr
2004-11-27  3:46         ` Adam Heath
2004-11-30 12:18         ` Horst von Brand
2004-11-29 16:34     ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-11-25 18:45 ` Matthew Wilcox
2004-11-26 11:52 ` David Howells
2004-11-26 23:56 ` Grzegorz Kulewski
2004-11-27  1:27   ` Tomas Carnecky
2004-11-27  1:41     ` Grzegorz Kulewski
2004-11-27  2:03       ` Tomas Carnecky
2004-11-27  3:07 ` Kyle Moffett
2004-11-27  4:29 ` Tonnerre
2004-11-27  3:51   ` Matthew Wilcox
2004-11-27 16:47     ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-11-27 17:16       ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-27 22:53         ` Arnd Bergmann
2004-11-27 23:12           ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-27 23:27           ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-11-27 23:32             ` David Woodhouse
2004-11-27 23:56               ` Arnd Bergmann
2004-11-28  7:13           ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-11-28 12:03             ` Arnd Bergmann
2004-11-28 12:19               ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-11-28 16:34                 ` Kevin Puetz
2004-11-28 12:28               ` Wichert Akkerman
2004-11-28 12:44                 ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-11-28 16:21             ` Jakub Jelinek
2004-11-28  7:20           ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-11-27  4:05   ` Chris Friesen
2004-11-27  4:30   ` Tomas Carnecky
2004-11-27 21:03 ` Sam Ravnborg
2004-11-27 21:11   ` Andreas Steinmetz
2004-11-27 21:19     ` Sam Ravnborg
2004-11-27 21:49       ` Andreas Steinmetz
2004-11-27 23:21         ` Arnd Bergmann
2004-11-28 13:24           ` Andreas Steinmetz
2004-11-28 13:40             ` Arnd Bergmann
2004-11-29 11:08 ` David Howells
2004-11-29 20:01 ` H. Peter Anvin
2004-11-30  0:34   ` Kyle Moffett
2004-11-30  0:51     ` H. Peter Anvin
2004-12-14  7:07   ` Werner Almesberger
2004-11-27 19:43 Dan Kegel
2004-11-27 21:06 ` Sam Ravnborg
     [not found] <34Xo6-2P0-19@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found] ` <35i9f-2vZ-25@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]   ` <35iLS-2Uo-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]     ` <35kb6-46Q-25@gated-at.bofh.it>
2004-11-28  0:55       ` ak
2004-11-28 13:32         ` Arnd Bergmann
2004-11-30  1:43 Jean Tourrilhes
2004-11-30  4:22 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-30  6:51   ` H. Peter Anvin

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