linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] remove genhd.h from header exports

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Message-ID: <46B8C18D.7040902@garzik.org>
Date:	Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:01:33 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove genhd.h from header exports

Olaf Hering wrote:
> remove linux/genhd.h from make headers_install
> 
> It contains no userinterfaces, only the msdos partition table layout and some
> numbers. And it became finally unusable with the CONFIG_BLOCK addition.
> 
> Remove it from the Kconfig list, and remove the __KERNEL__ checks.
> Move #include block up
> remove unused inclusion of linux/major.h
> 
> compile tested with ppc64_defconfig
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>

AFAICS the proper fix is to undo the CONFIG_BLOCK breakage, not make the 
header unusable.

	Jeff



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