[RFC][PATCH 0/2] KABI example conversion and cleanup
Kyle Moffett
mrmacman_g4 at mac.com
Sun Mar 26 15:47:51 CEST 2006
On Mar 26, 2006, at 08:29:49, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Kyle Moffett wrote:
>> Well I guess you could call it UABI, but that might also imply
>> that it's _userspace_ that defines the interface, instead of the
>> kernel. Since the headers themselves are rather tightly coupled
>> with the kernel, I think I'll stick with the KABI name for now
>> (unless somebody can come up with a better one, of course :-D).
>
> How about __linux, or __linux_abi? There are ABIs for other
> components, and other OSes. Linux is the name of the project after
> all.
The other thing that I quickly noticed while writing up the patches
is that it's kind of tedious typing __kabi_ over and over again. I
actually did first try with __linux_abi_ but the typing effort and
finger cramps made me give up on that really quickly.
Cheers,
Kyle Moffett
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