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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/headers_install.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/headers_install.txt deleted file mode 100644 index f0153adb95e2..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/headers_install.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +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 - -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". - -An 'include' directory is automatically created inside INSTALL_HDR_PATH and -headers are installed in 'INSTALL_HDR_PATH/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>. |