10.5. Linux-Headers-2.6.17.13-09092006

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

10.5.1. 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 /usr/include
cp -av include/{asm-generic,linux,mtd,scsi,sound} /usr/include/

Install the header files that are specific to this architecture:

cp -av include/asm-powerpc /usr/include/asm
cp -av include/asm-ppc /usr/include/

10.5.2. Contents of Linux-Headers

Installed headers: /usr/include/{asm,asm-generic,linux,mtd,scsi,sound}/*.h

Short Descriptions

/usr/include/{asm,asm-generic,linux,mtd,scsi,sound}/*.h

The Linux API headers