On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:15:27 -0500 "piper.guy1" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Section 5.6 Linux Headers. > > "This is done by way of sanitizing various C header files that are > shipped in the Linux kernel source tarball." > > What does this mean? Sanitize from what? > It means various C header files that are in the Linux kernel source. They contain definitions of functions and so on. Some of these things are private functions that are used only by the kernel and some of them are functions that are used by other things (like glibc). When you do make headers_install it strips out the private functions and creates a set of files that only contain the functions that the kernel makes available to userspace. I think. Or something like that. Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
