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Date:	Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:22:54 +0530
From:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...nel.org>
To:	mike.mclagan@...ux.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: why usr/include/linux/if_frad.h is required

For if_frad.h I am getting two warnings with 'make headers_check':
  usr/include/linux/if_frad.h:29: leaks CONFIG_DLCI to userspace where it is not valid
  usr/include/linux/if_frad.h:129: leaks CONFIG_DLCI to userspace where it is not valid

Almost all if_frad.h is covered with #if defined(CONFIG_DLCI) || defined(CONFIG_DLCI_MODULE) 

If I remove this portion so only this what we get in userspace:

#ifndef _FRAD_H_
#define _FRAD_H_

#include <linux/if.h>

#endif

So I am surprising what is the point of this ? 

Can I change its name to is_fraud ;-)

--
JSR

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