linux-kernel - Re: [LinuxPPS] [PATCH 1/1] LinuxPPS: Pulse per Second support for Linux

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Message-Id: <200703212235.l2LMZMQ4005361@deneb.dwf.com>
Date:	Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:35:22 -0600
From:	Reg Clemens <reg@....com>
To:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>
cc:	Reg Clemens <reg@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxpps@...enneenne.com, reg@...eb.dwf.com, reg@...eb.dwf.com
Subject: Re: [LinuxPPS] [PATCH 1/1] LinuxPPS: Pulse per Second support for 
 Linux

> On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 10:55:58AM -0600, Reg Clemens wrote:
> > 
> > Just one point with your patch.
> > A couple of years ago there was a long discussion on the Linux Kernel mailing 
> > list
> > as to how USER codes were not supposed to use KERNEL include files.  Now I 
> > still
> > see __KERNEL__ all over the place in the linux=source includes so mabe this
> > never went anywhere, but you MIGHT have to provide a separate patch (addition)
> > to the Linux (as opposed to Linux-kernel) include files with timepps.h
> 
> Do you mean I should separate file timepps.h into two files? One for
> the kernel and one for the userland?
> 
Well, Im sure you are dealing with some of the Linux Kernel people, so its
whatever they want.  But dont be surprised if they ask for a *.h file thats 
ONLY
for Kernel use.  And I have NO idea how you would get the USER version into
the Linux distribution itself.

-- 
                                        Reg.Clemens
                                        reg@....com


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