Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263663AbTEJF4q (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 May 2003 01:56:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263664AbTEJF4q (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 May 2003 01:56:46 -0400 Received: from granite.he.net ([216.218.226.66]:61713 "EHLO granite.he.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263663AbTEJF4p (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 May 2003 01:56:45 -0400 Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 23:11:14 -0700 From: Greg KH To: William Lee Irwin III , David Brownell , Max Krasnyansky , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: [Bluetooth] HCI USB driver update. Support for SCO over HCI USB. Message-ID: <20030510061113.GA2881@kroah.com> References: <200304290317.h3T3HOdA027579@hera.kernel.org> <5.1.0.14.2.20030429131303.10d7f330@unixmail.qualcomm.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20030429145523.10c52e50@unixmail.qualcomm.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20030508123858.01c004f8@unixmail.qualcomm.com> <3EBBFC33.7050702@pacbell.net> <1052517124.10458.199.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20030509230542.GA3267@kroah.com> <3EBC4C50.8040304@pacbell.net> <20030510054015.GA1865@kroah.com> <20030510055516.GD8978@holomorphy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030510055516.GD8978@holomorphy.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 991 Lines: 23 On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 10:55:16PM -0700, William Lee Irwin III wrote: > On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 05:48:16PM -0700, David Brownell wrote: > >> "u32" is prettier, but is there actually a policy against using > >> the more standard type names? (POSIX, someone had said.) > > On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 10:40:15PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > Yes there is. Linus has stated this a few times on lkml in the past. I > > have an old linux journal article that talks about this that I need to > > turn into docbook and add to the kernel tree to set it in stone. > > If someone could clarify the motive I'd be much obliged. Read Linus's comments in this thread for more insight: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=102806382900001 Hope this helps, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/