FAQ-OBSOLETE/kernel-header-copy.xml

   1 <qandaentry id="kernel-header-copy">
   2 <question><para>Why copy the kernel headers
   3 instead of linking them?</para></question>
   4 <answer><para>In short, we copy the kernel headers
   5 instead of linking them because
   6 the kernel headers should match the currently running libc,
   7 not the currently running kernel.
   8 </para></answer>
   9 <answer><para>For the long answer see these:
  10 <itemizedlist>
  11
  12 <listitem><para>A post by Linus himself:
  13 <ulink url="http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0007.3/0587.html"/>.
  14 </para></listitem>
  15
  16 <listitem><para>Kernel Traffic #80, 4. Symlinks In The Kernel;
  17 Kernel/Library/etc Interface Dispute:
  18 <ulink url="http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/kt20000814_80.txt"/>
  19 (This covers the thread in which the above post occurred.)
  20 </para></listitem>
  21
  22 </itemizedlist>
  23 </para></answer>
  24 </qandaentry>
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