linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Disintegrate UAPI for media

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Message-ID: <20566.1349964331@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:05:31 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, Oliver Endriss <o.endriss@....de>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Disintegrate UAPI for media

Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org> wrote:

> My understanding here is that, as the file location will change
> with this series, your original concern is now void, as userspace
> will require patches to use the new location. So, if we're willing
> to do it, let's put this one-driver-only obsolete API on a separate
> place.

As far as userspace is concerned, things will not change.  The header
installation step will copy the uapi/ headers to the place it used to copy the
non-uapi header.

David
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