On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 01:31:20PM -0600, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > > If the headers describe a stable interface that should be used by > > userland then it's a kernel bug that they're not being exported. If they > > don't, you shouldn't use them. > > I believe the headers describe what is intended to be a stable > interface. Would that be something I should bring up on linux-kernel? Probably better to look the driver up in MAINTAINERS and contact the people there. > If the interface is supposed to be stable, asking upstream kernel to > change isn't going to help make a package any time soon (and likely > never for EPEL). Is it permissible to carry the necessary headers in > the SRPM until they are no longer needed? >From a technical perspective? Sure. Better to do that than add a gratuitous additional package. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
