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2 Exporting kernel headers for use by userspace
5 The "make headers_install" command exports the kernel's header files in a
8 The linux kernel's exported header files describe the API for user space
9 programs attempting to use kernel services. These kernel header files are
12 system calls. The C library's header files include the kernel header files
14 installed at the default location /usr/include and the kernel headers in
18 Kernel headers are backwards compatible, but not forwards compatible. This
19 means that a program built against a C library using older kernel headers
20 should run on a newer kernel (although it may not have access to new
21 features), but a program built against newer kernel headers may not work on an
22 older kernel.
25 kernel source code (or using a standard out-of-tree build). It takes two
31 current architecture. The linux/asm directory of the exported kernel headers
43 The kernel header export infrastructure is maintained by David Woodhouse