linux-kernel - Re: kbuild now support arch/$ARCH/include

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0808051916010.28683@anakin>
Date:	Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:16:25 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	linux arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kbuild now support arch/$ARCH/include - time for ARCHs to convert

On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 July 2008 06:05:00 Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > is is suggested to move the arch specific files under arch/
> > and for the header files this is arch/$ARCH/include.
> 
> Well, it would have been nice to take the opportunity to separate user-visible 
> header files and non-user-visible files.  We could have left the user-visible 
> ones in place, for example: diffstat would then show when you were frobbing 
> the userspace interface.
> 
> But I'm guessing noone wants even more marginal-value churn right now.
> Rusty.

That actually sounds like a good idea to me!
Can we do the same with the <linux/*.h> ones?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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