From: Andreas Steinmetz <ast@domdv.de>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Cc: Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel includefile bug not fixed after a year :-(
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:26:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F797690.4020706@domdv.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030930122137.GN2908@suse.de>
Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 30 2003, Andreas Steinmetz wrote:
>
>>Jens Axboe wrote:
>>
>>>I think I do.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>In order to use kernel interfaces you _need_ to include kernel include
>>>>files.
>>>
>>>
>>>False. You need to include the glibc kernel headers.
>>>
>>
>>Then please tell me why PPPIOCNEWUNIT is only defined in linux/if_ppp.h
>>and not net/if_ppp.h which is still true for glibc-2.3.2. And please
>>don't tell me to ask the glibc folks. There are inconsistencies between
>>kernel headers and userland headers which force the inclusion of kernel
>>headers in userland applications.
>
>
> I will tell you to talk to the glibc folks, because that's where your
> problem is.
>
I don't think so. If ioctls are introduced in the kernel the kernel
people should propagate these to the glibc people. I don't think it is
the task of userland developers.
But then this is my point of view and I don't think it necessary to
discuss this further.
--
Andreas Steinmetz
D.O.M. Datenverarbeitung GmbH
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-09-30 12:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-30 11:44 Kernel includefile bug not fixed after a year :-( Joerg Schilling
2003-09-30 11:54 ` Jens Axboe
2003-09-30 12:12 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2003-09-30 12:21 ` Jens Axboe
2003-09-30 12:26 ` Andreas Steinmetz [this message]
2003-09-30 12:30 ` Jens Axboe
2003-09-30 12:32 ` David S. Miller
2003-09-30 12:40 ` Jens Axboe
2003-09-30 12:39 ` David S. Miller
2003-09-30 12:23 ` David S. Miller
2003-09-30 12:28 ` Jens Axboe
2003-09-30 12:34 ` David S. Miller
2003-09-30 12:42 ` Jens Axboe
2003-09-30 19:09 ` Erik Andersen
2003-10-01 8:48 ` Paul Rolland
2003-10-01 8:55 ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-10-01 17:49 ` Erik Andersen
2003-09-30 16:10 ` Sam Ravnborg
2003-10-01 6:39 ` David S. Miller
2003-10-02 6:42 ` Eric W. Biederman
2003-09-30 19:04 ` Erik Andersen
2003-09-30 12:25 ` Nick Piggin
2003-09-30 19:00 ` Erik Andersen
2003-10-01 8:47 ` Paul Rolland
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-10-01 1:05 Albert Cahalan
2003-09-30 13:26 Joerg Schilling
2003-09-30 12:52 Joerg Schilling
2003-09-30 12:37 Joerg Schilling
2003-09-30 13:21 ` Tomas Szepe
2003-09-30 11:57 Joerg Schilling
2003-09-30 12:06 ` Jens Axboe
2003-09-30 12:28 ` David S. Miller
2003-09-30 12:38 ` Jens Axboe
2003-09-30 14:41 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2003-10-10 6:36 ` Sandy Harris
2003-09-30 10:28 Joerg Schilling
2003-09-30 11:05 ` Jens Axboe
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