On 07/29/2009 04:56 PM, James Bottomley wrote: > On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 14:11 +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >> scsi/scsi.h is exported to userspace, so it should >> use __u8 instead of u8 as other userspace-visible headers do. > > Actually, can we just put a hold on this until we decide what we're > doing with exporting include/scsi. > > Arguments so far are > > 1. Don't export and let glibc supply the headers (as it does now) > 2. Move headers to be exported to include/linux > 3. Take over include/scsi export from glibc: this will necessitate > comparing our current headers and those of glibc and moving > stuff around. > I'm all for 3. I think if done we should do it for all include/scsi at once. No need for prolonged pain. []$ ls /usr/include/scsi scsi.h scsi_ioctl.h scsi_tgt_if.h sg.h However I'll have to ask my employers if they can spare me, so any other volunteers? TODO: * Fix up Kernel headers by complying to check_headers * Test drive some example user-mode applications including glibc itself. * send patches to glibc * send patches to Kernel * Notify distributions. > James > Boaz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
