linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.29 -mm merge plans

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Date:	Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:49:32 +0100
From:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: 2.6.29 -mm merge plans

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 03:23:36PM -0500, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 08:11:53PM +0100, Rodolfo Giometti wrote:
> > With "kernel-doc" do you mean what explained into
> > Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt file?
> 
> Yes.

Ok, I'll fix it ASAP.

> > > > pps.h shoulkd be split into one header only defining the
> > > > kernel<->userspace ABI, and a kernel-internal one.  That way
> > > > also the conditional includes can go away.
> > 
> > I don't understand well what I should do here... I supposed __KERNEL__
> > define was defined to allow mixing kernel and userland code.
> 
> Yes, __KERNEL__ works, but it's still better to just keep things
> entirely separate.

Ok, I'll see what I can do considering the userland interface we
decide to use. I'll ask also to Alan about this topic.

Thanks for your suggestions,

Rodolfo

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