Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 15:32:27 -0800
From: Eric <ebrower@usa.net>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [Re: [PATCH] ethtool.h should use userspace-accessible types]
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Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:

> Eric Brower wrote:
> > Attached is a patch to 2.4's ethtool.h to use appropriate, 
> > userspace-accessible data types (__u8 and friends, rather than u8 and 
> > friends).
> 
> I'm happy with u8/u16/u32, so it stays that way :)

I'm not arguing about a personal, stylistic preference-- these differing types
have been provided for a reason and the ethtool header file should comply with
the stated and idiomatic usage within the kernel sources, as do other such
header files.

Without such a change, userspace applications cannot use the ethtool ioctl
interface without completely unnecessary gyrations.  I truly appreciate your
preference, but this has nothing to do with style.

E


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