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

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-headers">
    <primary sortas="a-Linux">Linux</primary>
    <secondary>API headers</secondary>
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  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Linux API Headers 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>
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  <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 utilize.  This is done
    by way of sanitizing various C header files that are shipped in the Linux
    kernel source tarball.</para>

    <para>Apply a <command>sed</command> subsitution to suppress the
    installation of header files in <filename
    class='directory'>/usr/include/scsi</filename>. The versions provided by
    Glibc will be used instead:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/scsi/d' include/Kbuild</userinput></screen>

    <para>Install the header files:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">make mrproper
make headers_check
make INSTALL_HDR_PATH=dest headers_install
cp -rv dest/include/* /usr/include</userinput></screen>

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    <title>Contents of Linux API Headers</title>

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      <segtitle>Installed headers</segtitle>

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        <seg>/usr/include/{asm{,-generic},linux,mtd,rdma,sound}/*.h</seg>
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      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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        <term><filename class="headerfile">/usr/include/{asm{,-generic},linux,mtd,rdma,sound}/*.h</filename></term>
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          <para>The Linux API headers</para>
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