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Re: stricter Linux headers
Geoff Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com> writes:
> There are two possible approaches. The first says that most
> applications won't use a new ioctl for a while, and so it'd be OK to
> add it in to the next release; these programs should be providing
> their own headers for such tricky stuff anyway. The second is to use
> a wrapper around the real <linux/cdrom.h> that hacks out the bits we
> don't like, like <linux/types.h> and <asm/byteorder.h> (this has been
> done elsewhere).
>
> I prefer the first, but would be OK with the second.
I prefer number three:
- user-level versions of kernel header are handled in a separate package.
This allows quick turn-around times if something changed and even
different versions for different kernel versions.
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