Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262512AbTIHOhi (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 10:37:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262515AbTIHOhh (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 10:37:37 -0400 Received: from havoc.gtf.org ([63.247.75.124]:61903 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262512AbTIHOhg (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 10:37:36 -0400 Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 10:32:49 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik To: Alan Cox Cc: David Woodhouse , Matthew Wilcox , Erik Andersen , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: kernel header separation Message-ID: <20030908143249.GA4462@gtf.org> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030908142545.GA3926@gtf.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 650 Lines: 19 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. Jeff - 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/