Re: Kernel headers changes in F10?

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On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 07:45:07PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> John W. Linville wrote:
> >On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 07:13:27PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> >>John W. Linville wrote:

> >>>Almost certainly because of this commit:
> >>>
> >>>commit 2218228392080f0ca2fc2974604e79f57b12c436
> >>>Author: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>Date:   Tue Apr 22 16:38:55 2008 +0300
> >>>
> >>>   Make linux/wireless.h be able to compile
> >>>
> >>>   Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>   Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>
> >>>I may have let this slip by due to the "able to compile" bit --
> >>>should I not have merged it?  I don't have a record or recollection
> >>>of what motivated the patch originally.

> >As I said, I have no record or memory of why this patch was needed.
> >It looks like it was a mistake for me to let it though in the first
> >place.  My guess is that he wanted to include linux/wireless.h from
> >userland without including other kernel headers...?
> 
> Looks like a good candidate for reverting. I see little arguments to keep 
> this patch in, it will probably break compilation of other users of 
> linux/wireless.h too, as those probably also already include <net/if.h> to 
> get the necessary stuff from there.

I have reverted that patch in rawhide, and I'm working with Kirill
for a more permanent solution.

Thanks,

John
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