What's the distinction between public and private headers within OpenBSD? I'm not trying to be argumentative I'm just genuinely curious since I can't find any info on what that means in the context of the project on Google.
On Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 at 1:40 PM, Mark Kettenis <mark.kette...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > > > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:08:24 +0000 > > > From: Gibson Pilconis gibson...@protonmail.com > > > > If it was exclusively accessible within the kernel I'd agree that it > > probably isn't neccessary, the trouble is that it is also accessible > > by userland programs. pcidump is an example of a userland program > > that is part of the OpenBSD project and includes the header, and > > that file acts as a reference implantation of sorts for any program > > that needs to discover PCI devices. > > > > Notwithstanding that, if all it takes to avoid potential confusion > > and wasted time among developers is a one line include statement, > > does the header file having limited uses within the kernel really > > make it not worth doing? > > > > I'll even fix it myself and submit a patch. I'd just hate to see > > this quirk be neither remedied nor documented in some form. > > > > Let me know what you guys think though. > > > It is not a public header and it is just fine as-is for it suse with > the kernel and pcidump.
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