linux-kernel - Re: remove-unused-header-file-include-linux-elfnoteh.patch

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Message-Id: <200703212320.35920.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:20:35 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: remove-unused-header-file-include-linux-elfnoteh.patch

On Wednesday 21 March 2007 22:36:42 Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Please don't.  We need it.
>
> BTW, I didn't see this one go by, and I couldn't see it searching
> around.  Did it get posted to lkml?

I think it was only on the janitor list. It was considered
obviously correct since it does not get installed by
headers_installed and did not seem to be used anywhere in
the kernel.

Could you explain how this file is used in the kernel? Robert
probably wants to update his script to handle this correctly.

	Arnd <><
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