linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/15] asm-generic: rename termios.h, signal.h and mman.h

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Message-ID: <20090514061623.GA27755@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Thu, 14 May 2009 08:16:23 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Remis Lima Baima <remis.developer@...glemail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/15] asm-generic: rename termios.h, signal.h and mman.h

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 03:11:07PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Arnd,
> 
> On Wed, 13 May 2009 22:56:24 +0000 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> >
> > --- a/include/asm-generic/Kbuild
> > +++ b/include/asm-generic/Kbuild
> > @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ header-y += errno-base.h
> >  header-y += errno.h
> >  header-y += fcntl.h
> >  header-y += ioctl.h
> > -header-y += mman.h
> > +header-y += mman-common.h
> >  header-y += poll.h
> > -header-y += signal.h
> > +header-y += signal-defs.h
> >  header-y += statfs.h
> 
> I think that this change will prevent asm/mman.h and asm/signal.h from
> being exported from the arch include/asm directories.
> include/asm-generic/Kbuild is included by the arch/*/include/asm/Kbuild
> files.

We have two Kbuild files in asm-generic.

Kbuild (the one patched above) which specifies the files to be exported from asm-generic.
Kbuild.asm which specify the commen set of files all architctures hall export.

The latter is the file included from the arch's Kbuild file.

I'm not sure this answer/address your comment above...

	Sam
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