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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:58:25 -0400
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Subject: Re: {PATCH] fix __packed in exported kernel headers
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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        Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de>,
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On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 14:52, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 06/30/2011 11:48 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> without fallback logic (#ifndef xxx...#define xxx...#endif), i think
>> that's throwing an unreasonable amount of requirements onto userspace
>> consumers
>
> Unclear.  Too much "smarts" in kernel headers is a constant headache to
> userspace consumers.

not even being able to include a header without hitting a build
failure without first declaring some magic defines (which,
realistically, the vast majority of people will be doing exactly the
same as they'll be using gcc) is unreasonable.  hence my suggestion
about compiler.h.
-mike
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