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Date:	Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:44:06 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Am?rico Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Caveh Jalali <ecaveh@...il.com>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] warn about use of uninstalled kernel headers

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 04:37:12PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday 18 September 2009, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > > > I think we should no longer have the include2 directory at all with new kernels.
> > > >
> > > > LINUXINCLUDE already contains the right path in theory:
> > > >
> > > > LINUXINCLUDE    := -Iinclude \
> > > >                   $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),-Iinclude2 -I$(srctree)/include) \
> > > >                   -I$(srctree)/arch/$(hdr-arch)/include               \
> > > >                   -include include/linux/autoconf.h
> > > 
> > > Hmm, at least in mmotm, we still have include2...
> > > 
> > > Maybe Sam is queueing the patches to remove include2?
> > I have them queued - yes.
> > But as they never hit -next they will wait another cycle.
> 
> Variations of this are starting to turn into a FAQ. How about
> printing a useful warning when someone tries to use the kernel
> headers without installing them first?

OK - applied.

	Sam
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