exporting kernel headers via the include/uapi directory

Greg KH greg at kroah.com
Fri May 27 12:14:37 EDT 2016


On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 08:07:17AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   next question about exporting kernel headers, this one related to
> the content placed under include/uapi/.
> 
>   is there any rationale for header files to be living under
> include/uapi/<somedir> if they're not listed in the corresponding
> Kbuild file for export?
> 
>   for example, in include/uapi/drm, there are 24 header files, but
> only 21 of them are mentioned in that Kbuild file -- the Kbuild file
> doesn't mention armada_drm.h, etnaviv_drm.h or omap_drm.h, and i've
> verified that running "make headers_install" doesn't install those
> three headers.
> 
>   i'm going to assume those are just forgotten remnants or something,
> unless there is some actual reason to do that. is there?

Why not ask this on the drm mailing list?



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