Re: [PATCH] 2.4.21-rc1: byteorder.h breaks with __STRICT_ANSI__ defined (trivial)

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 10:19:00PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> What about if I extend stuff without breaking the ABI?
> How do apps get at the new features?

They get the features when they use the new headers.  They ususally want
changes to support those new features anyway..

> Actually, if you look, things like include/linux/xfrm.h are excellent
> examples of userland compatible kernel headers :-)

rtnetlink.h is a bad example.  Just to use something you quoted earlier in
this thread..