>>"Sam" == Sam Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>>> "Manoj" == Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>> "Aaron" == Aaron Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Aaron> So you're saying it's better to hardcode syscall numbers
Aaron> and stuff than using the kernel headers? Suuuure...
Manoj> We already have a process for packages that actually
Manoj> do need kernel headers, and are thus dependent on
Manoj> particular kernel versions.
Sam> We do? please explain what it is.
We call these packages kernel modules; and we have a process
by which you inform make where the relevant kernel headers are to be
found. make-kpkg automates that somewhat (and make-kpkg can be used
for packages that are not kernel-modules, you know).
A modification of this process would be possible; but I
reietrate that any package that can not deal with the headers in
/usr/include/linux is very closely dependent on kernel structures,
and would need to ensure that the kernel-version running has the
non-public API that it depends on.
Sam> Herbert produces kernel headers packages for all flavors of
Sam> kernels he produces. I do not believe the other arches do this.
This is not relevant.
Out of curiosity, apart from linux/autoconf.h; what is the
difference between the header packages on i386?
manoj
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