netdev - Re: [NETLINK]: Schedule removal of old macros exported to userspace

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Message-Id: <20061209.135030.112606922.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:50:30 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	stefan@...lof.de
Cc:	tgraf@...g.ch, drow@...se.org, dwmw2@...radead.org,
	joseph@...esourcery.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	libc-alpha@...rceware.org, akpm@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [NETLINK]: Schedule removal of old macros exported to userspace

From: Stefan Rompf <stefan@...lof.de>
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 15:58:01 +0100 (MET)

> But when even glibc needs internal compat headers to compile with the second 
> kernel version that provides userspace headers, what is the long-term - even 
> mid-term - perspective of make headers_install then?

Relax Stefan, I'll make sure these macros never go away.

They may emit warnings, via __attribute__((deprecated)), at
some point, but they will never be flat out removed.
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