David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > (*) The contents of a number of filesystem- and blockdev-specific header > > files are now contingent on their own configuration options. This > > includes: Ext3/JBD, RAID, MSDOS and ReiserFS. > > Why? Those header files shouldn't be included from anywhere _but_ the > code in question, Go and look at fs/compat_ioctl.c. > and in fact should probably be just moved into fs/foo instead of living in > include/linux/foo_fs.h. Definitely. Patches please:-) > And please, _never_ make anything dependent on CONFIG_foo_MODULE. Ah, but... The core kernel makes use of the certain header files, even when their actual intended target is compiled as a module. If I just use "CONFIG_foo" only, then the module won't compile as a module. David - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html