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Re: sys/soundcard.h and sys/ultrasound.h needed ?

To: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
Subject: Re: sys/soundcard.h and sys/ultrasound.h needed ?
From: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot de>
Date: 27 Jul 2000 12:57:25 +0200
Cc: GNU libc hacker <libc-hacker at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
References: <u8r98gx79l.fsf@gromit.rhein-neckar.de><20000727125737.W20085@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz>

>>>>> Jakub Jelinek writes:

 > On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 11:16:38AM +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>> 
>> Going through the linux header files glibc still uses, I noticed
>> sys/soundcard.h and sys/ultrasound.h which only include kernel
>> headers.  Are those needed for any ABI or whatever?  I propose to
>> remove them completly.

 > I'd vote for another solution: shouldn't we just get rid of
 > all <asm/ and <linux/ includes in the exported /usr/include glibc headers?
 > If I count well, there are 35 of them at the moment on i386.
 > I think glibc should only use kernel headers in its private non-exported
 > headers.
 > What do others think? It would also make Linus happy among other things.
 > If there is some agreement, I'll try to devote some afternoon to it...

I'm currently working on a proposal for this - give me some time to
finish my email ;-).

Andreas
-- 
 Andreas Jaeger
  SuSE Labs aj@suse.de
   private aj@arthur.inka.de

References:
- sys/soundcard.h and sys/ultrasound.h needed ?
  - From: Andreas Jaeger
- Re: sys/soundcard.h and sys/ultrasound.h needed ?
  - From: Jakub Jelinek

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