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author | Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@opteya.com> | 2014-07-13 12:15:29 +0200 |
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committer | Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> | 2014-08-05 16:08:11 +0200 |
commit | aa8dbeee5ee012e1ee595dd1df9be04e161a3fd4 (patch) | |
tree | 7327f086fd2fc77336ddf0533bd537c7b9246b92 /Documentation/make | |
parent | 3f1d9a6cec011b0a25a5dff5d9e5012a459ef02f (diff) |
Documentation: headers_install.txt is part of kbuild
'headers_install.txt' from Documentation/make/ is related to Kbuild
so it must be moved in Documentation/kbuild/ directory.
As Documentation/make/ directory has only one file, it will be removed
as a consequence of moving 'headers_install.txt'.
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Signed-off-by: Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@opteya.com>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/make')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/make/headers_install.txt | 47 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 47 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/make/headers_install.txt b/Documentation/make/headers_install.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 951eb9f1e040..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/make/headers_install.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,47 +0,0 @@ -Exporting kernel headers for use by userspace -============================================= - -The "make headers_install" command exports the kernel's header files in a -form suitable for use by userspace programs. - -The linux kernel's exported header files describe the API for user space -programs attempting to use kernel services. These kernel header files are -used by the system's C library (such as glibc or uClibc) to define available -system calls, as well as constants and structures to be used with these -system calls. The C library's header files include the kernel header files -from the "linux" subdirectory. The system's libc headers are usually -installed at the default location /usr/include and the kernel headers in -subdirectories under that (most notably /usr/include/linux and -/usr/include/asm). - -Kernel headers are backwards compatible, but not forwards compatible. This -means that a program built against a C library using older kernel headers -should run on a newer kernel (although it may not have access to new -features), but a program built against newer kernel headers may not work on an -older kernel. - -The "make headers_install" command can be run in the top level directory of the -kernel source code (or using a standard out-of-tree build). It takes two -optional arguments: - - make headers_install ARCH=i386 INSTALL_HDR_PATH=/usr/include - -ARCH indicates which architecture to produce headers for, and defaults to the -current architecture. The linux/asm directory of the exported kernel headers -is platform-specific, to see a complete list of supported architectures use -the command: - - ls -d include/asm-* | sed 's/.*-//' - -INSTALL_HDR_PATH indicates where to install the headers. It defaults to -"./usr/include". - -The command "make headers_install_all" exports headers for all architectures -simultaneously. (This is mostly of interest to distribution maintainers, -who create an architecture-independent tarball from the resulting include -directory.) You also can use HDR_ARCH_LIST to specify list of architectures. -Remember to provide the appropriate linux/asm directory via "mv" or "ln -s" -before building a C library with headers exported this way. - -The kernel header export infrastructure is maintained by David Woodhouse -<dwmw2@infradead.org>. |