Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262386AbTIHOmf (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 10:42:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262420AbTIHOme (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 10:42:34 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:3792 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262386AbTIHOmd (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 10:42:33 -0400 Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 15:42:32 +0100 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Alan Cox , David Woodhouse , Matthew Wilcox , Erik Andersen , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: kernel header separation Message-ID: <20030908144232.GP18654@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20030902191614.GR13467@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20030903014908.GB1601@codepoet.org> <20030905144154.GL18654@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20030905211604.GB16993@codepoet.org> <20030905232212.GP18654@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <1063028303.32473.333.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> <1063030329.21310.32.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030908142545.GA3926@gtf.org> <20030908143249.GA4462@gtf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030908143249.GA4462@gtf.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 990 Lines: 21 On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 10:32:49AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 10:25:45AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Whenever I see "__u8", I think "non-standard, gcc-specific dependency" > > Ignore this, I stand corrected: these are kernel types. > > Regardless, I still prefer the C99 size-specific types, as they are the > most portable across all compilers, and you can depend on the compiler > to provide them for you. No need to define them yourself. bzzt. glibc provides them, not gcc. -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk - 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/