Bug 2859

Summary:	linux/i2c.h header contains kernel-only definitions
Product:	glibc	Reporter:	Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche>
Component:	libc	Assignee:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	glibc-bugs
Priority:	P2	Flags:	fweimer: security-
Version:	2.3.3
Target Milestone:	---
Host:	x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu	Target:	x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
Build:	x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu	Last reconfirmed:
Attachments:	An example that demonstrates that <linux/i2c.h> gives compilation problems

Description Bart Van Assche 2006-06-28 07:54:07 UTC

The header <linux/i2c.h> is provided by glibc and is needed from user-space
because it contains the definitions of e.g. I2C_TENBIT, I2C_SLAVE, ... However,
it contains many declarations and definitions that only make sense when included
from within the kernel, and that make no sense in user-space (e.g.
i2c_master_send(), struct i2c_driver). Additionally, user-space C source files
that include <linux/i2c.h> do not compile.

Comment 1 Bart Van Assche 2006-06-28 07:57:10 UTC

Created attachment 1124 [details]
An example that demonstrates that <linux/i2c.h> gives compilation problems

Comment 2 Andreas Jaeger 2006-06-28 14:33:53 UTC

The linux headers are not part of glibc, they are added by your distribution and
come from the Linux kernel source package.

There's nothing we can do.