On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:13:03 -0800 Andrew Morton wrote:
> "Randy.Dunlap" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
> >
> > Add __KERNEL__ block.
> > Use __KERNEL__ to allow ioctl interface to be usable.
>
> hm, why?
because there is a test/example source file in (inside)
Documentation/hpet.txt that won't build otherwise.
And because hpet.h contains _userspace_ ioctl interface struct
and macros...
> My general approach to __KERNEL__ fixes is to not support new includers of
> kernel headers but to accept patches which fix up existing applications of
> __KERNEL__.
>
> It's basically a compromise between the
> dont-include-kernel-headers-from-userspace fundamentalists and the
> but-i-want-my-stuff-to-work pragmatists ;)
>
> But hpet.h never had __KERNEL__, so there's no regression here.
>
> That being said, it looks like a sensible change - let's see if we can
> sneak it in without the fundies noticing.
---
~Randy
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