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

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Message-ID: <20121011115738.76ac0ce3@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:57:38 -0300
From:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	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

Em Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:05:31 +0100
David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> escreveu:

> 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.

Ah, ok. Then let's apply it as-is.

Cheers,
Mauro
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