5.4. Linux-Headers-2.6.19-11302006

The Linux Headers package contains the “sanitized” kernel headers.

5.4.1. Installation of Linux Headers

For years it has been common practice to use “raw” kernel headers (straight from a kernel tarball) in /usr/include, but over the last few years, the kernel developers have taken a strong stance that this should not be done. This gave birth to the Linux-Libc-Headers Project, which was designed to maintain an API stable version of the Linux headers. Recently this project stopped producing updates, so the Cross-LFS team started development on our own project to sanitize the headers.

Install the header files that are common to all architectures:

install -dv ${CLFS}/usr/include
cp -av include/{asm-generic,linux,mtd,scsi,sound} ${CLFS}/usr/include

Install the header files that are specific to this architecture:

cp -av include/asm-parisc ${CLFS}/usr/include/asm

5.4.2. Contents of Linux-Headers

Installed headers: /usr/include/{asm,linux}/*.h

Short Descriptions

/usr/include/{asm,linux}/*.h

The Linux API headers