Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/2] KABI example conversion and cleanup

From: Arjan van de Ven
Date: Sun Mar 26 2006 - 07:28:59 EST


On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 14:26 +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 06:52 -0500, Kyle Moffett wrote:
> > On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:46:27 -0500 Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I'm working on some sample patches now which I'll try to post in a
> > > few days if I get the time.
> >
> > Ok, here's a sample of the KABI conversion and cleanup patches that I'm
> > proposing. I have a few fundamental goals for these patches:
>
> is KABI the right name? I mean.. from the kernel pov it's the interface
> to userspace ;)

ok proposal: just use "abi" without the K; it is THE abi, and the only
one the kernel has, so no need for prefixes or suffixes.

(BTW I'm 100% behind the idea of a clean set of seperate ABI headers)


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