linux-kernel - Re: staging: where to put system-wide includes

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Message-ID: <20091008184027.GA5890@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:40:27 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: staging: where to put system-wide includes

On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 01:28:18PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> In staging, I need some includes that will become "system-wide" at the
> end.
> 
> Is it acceptable to create drivers/staging/include/linux (and
> friends), and then use -I magic to include those headers?

If you need system-wide inclusions it's pretty good sign that what
you add is not a simple driver and thus should not just go into the
staging tree.  Given that you're a long-timer kernel hackers what's the
problem with getting your code fully up to kernel standards anyway?

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