lfs-book/chapter06/linux-headers.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-system-linux-headers" role="wrap">
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  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>linux-headers</productname>
    <productnumber>&linux-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&linux-url;</address>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Linux-&linux-version; API Headers</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-headers">
    <primary sortas="a-Linux">Linux</primary>
    <secondary>API headers</secondary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Linux API Headers (in linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz) expose the
    kernel's API for use by Glibc.</para>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&linux-headers-ch6-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&linux-headers-ch6-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Linux API Headers</title>

    <para>The Linux kernel needs to expose an Application Programming Interface
    (API) for the system's C library (Glibc in LFS) to use.  This is done
    by way of sanitizing various C header files that are shipped in the Linux
    kernel source tarball.</para>

    <para>Make sure there are no stale files and dependencies lying around
    from previous activity:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="pre">make mrproper</userinput></screen>

    <para>Now extract the user-visible kernel headers from the source.
    The recommended make target <quote>headers_install</quote> cannot be
    used, because it requires <application>rsync</application>, which is
    not available in <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>. The
    headers are first placed in <filename class="directory">./usr</filename>,
    then some files used by the kernel developers are removed, then
    the files are copied to their final location.</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make headers
find usr/include -name '.*' -delete
rm usr/include/Makefile
</userinput><userinput remap="install">cp -rv usr/include/* /usr/include</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-linux-headers" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Linux API Headers</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed headers</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>/usr/include/asm/*.h, /usr/include/asm-generic/*.h,
        /usr/include/drm/*.h, /usr/include/linux/*.h, /usr/include/misc/*.h,
        /usr/include/mtd/*.h, /usr/include/rdma/*.h, /usr/include/scsi/*.h, 
        /usr/include/sound/*.h, /usr/include/video/*.h, 
        and /usr/include/xen/*.h</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/asm, /usr/include/asm-generic, /usr/include/drm,
        /usr/include/linux, /usr/include/misc, /usr/include/mtd, 
        /usr/include/rdma, /usr/include/scsi, /usr/include/sound, 
        /usr/include/video, and /usr/include/xen</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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      <varlistentry id="asm">
        <term><filename class="headerfile">/usr/include/asm/*.h</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>The Linux API ASM Headers</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-headers asm">
            <primary sortas="e-/usr/include/asm/*.h">/usr/include/asm/*.h</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="asm-generic">
        <term><filename class="headerfile">/usr/include/asm-generic/*.h</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>The Linux API ASM Generic Headers</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-headers asm-generic">
            <primary sortas="e-/usr/include/asm-generic/*.h">/usr/include/asm-generic/*.h</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="drm">
        <term><filename class="headerfile">/usr/include/drm/*.h</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>The Linux API DRM Headers</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-headers drm">
            <primary sortas="e-/usr/include/drm/*.h">/usr/include/drm/*.h</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="linux">
        <term><filename class="headerfile">/usr/include/linux/*.h</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>The Linux API Linux Headers</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-headers linux">
            <primary sortas="e-/usr/include/linux/*.h">/usr/include/linux/*.h</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="misc">
        <term><filename class="headerfile">/usr/include/misc/*.h</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>The Linux API Miscellaneous Headers</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-headers misc">
            <primary sortas="e-/usr/include/misc/*.h">/usr/include/misc/*.h</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="mtd">
        <term><filename class="headerfile">/usr/include/mtd/*.h</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>The Linux API MTD Headers</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-headers mtd">
            <primary sortas="e-/usr/include/mtd/*.h">/usr/include/mtd/*.h</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="rdma">
        <term><filename class="headerfile">/usr/include/rdma/*.h</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>The Linux API RDMA Headers</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-headers rdma">
            <primary sortas="e-/usr/include/rdma/*.h">/usr/include/rdma/*.h</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="scsi">
        <term><filename class="headerfile">/usr/include/scsi/*.h</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>The Linux API SCSI Headers</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-headers scsi">
            <primary sortas="e-/usr/include/scsi/*.h">/usr/include/scsi/*.h</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="sound">
        <term><filename class="headerfile">/usr/include/sound/*.h</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>The Linux API Sound Headers</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-headers sound">
            <primary sortas="e-/usr/include/sound/*.h">/usr/include/sound/*.h</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="video">
        <term><filename class="headerfile">/usr/include/video/*.h</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>The Linux API Video Headers</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-headers video">
            <primary sortas="e-/usr/include/video/*.h">/usr/include/video/*.h</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xen">
        <term><filename class="headerfile">/usr/include/xen/*.h</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>The Linux API Xen Headers</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-headers xen">
            <primary sortas="e-/usr/include/xen/*.h">/usr/include/xen/*.h</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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