Subject: Re: iproute2 and 2.6.9 kernel headers (was Re: [ANNOUNCE] iproute2 2.6.9-041019)

From: David Vrabel <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:52:28 +0100

David Woodhouse wrote:
> 
> The time has come to fix it properly instead. Anything which these tools
> actually need from the kernel headers should be moved into a separate
> header file (still in the kernel source) which is usable from _both_
> kernel and userspace.

Isn't this what linux-libc-headers is for?

> It should use standard types (like uint16_t etc)

Why doesn't the kernel use these standard types also?

David Vrabel
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