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LemensTS 07-26-2008 01:20 PM

Can someone explain what Linux-Headers are?
 
I can not find a good guide/explanation on google...

thanks

pixellany 07-26-2008 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LemensTS (Post 3227061)
I can not find a good guide/explanation on google...

thanks

Really!! This looks like a lot of information:
http://www.google.com/search?q=linux...ient=firefox-a

Short answer:
A header file is used in SW development to define variables and perform other overhead functions--to keep the code from becoming cluttered. "Linux headers" almost always means "kernel headers". These files are needed to compile various kinds of SW---so that the new SW will have the same interface and assumptions as the kernel.


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