linux-kernel - Re: [Nbd] [PATCH 3/9] nbd: Remove kernel internal header

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Message-ID: <20150214103024.GF16027@grep.be>
Date:	Sat, 14 Feb 2015 11:30:24 +0100
From:	Wouter Verhelst <w@...r.be>
To:	Markus Pargmann <mpa@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	nbd-general@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Nbd] [PATCH 3/9] nbd: Remove kernel internal header

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 09:57:31PM +0100, Markus Pargmann wrote:
> The header is not included anywhere. Remove it and include the private
> nbd_device struct in nbd.c.

It exists mostly for the benefit of userspace trying to speak the NBD
protocol. I've stopped trying to depend on it (since nbd-server needs to
run on !Linux, too), but there are other implementations that might want
to use it.

nbd.h is part of a public API. Let's not drop it.

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