linux-kernel - Re: why so many unexported headers checking __KERNEL_

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0803260935460.7900@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:37:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: why so many unexported headers checking __KERNEL__?

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, David Woodhouse wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 09:16 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > well, since i already have the output from my script, i might toss
> > together some per-directory patches to start removing some of that.
> > this sounds more like a one-shot thing than adding permanent checking
> > to the build process.
>
> Makes sense.
>
> Remember, one of our goals is to move towards having files which are
> just _copied_ (header-y) instead of having these ifdefs. If, in your
> travels, you see a way you can split headers up more sensibly to
> achieve that, it would be good.

just in case anyone was curious, i've attached my Kbuild checking
script.  i'm guessing it's pretty self-explanatory -- you can get an
idea of the condition of the header files at the moment.

rday
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