[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: vo_fbdev does not compile with debian unstable kernel headers

[Andreas Metzler]

Attila Kinali <kinali at gmx.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 12:59:22 +0000 (UTC)
> Andreas Metzler <ametzler at logic.univie.ac.at> wrote:
 
>> For normal user-space applications they should not match the Kernel you
>> are running but be the header-files your C-library was compiled against.
>> I am not making this up, this is Linus speaking.
>> http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/kt20000814_80.html#4
 
> I dont agree, as the problems i know dont come from incompatibilites
> of kernel headers with those of the libc, but of incompatibilities
> of the installed headers to the runing kernel, when using kernel
> specific interfaces (think about drivers like mga_vid, vidix,
> fbdev etc).

These are not "normal user-space applications" but kernel-space modules,
which should not try to get kernel-specific details from
/usr/include/linux but from /usr/src/linux/ or /user/specified/path/.
                     cu andreas