Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:24:35 -0800 | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86 byteorder.h: use __asm__/__inline__ for userspace |
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Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > I was only thinking of a warning so we could have this part cleaned up. > It is for the most part a trivial task to do for a volunteer. >
Why do a warning and then have people hack it manually? If we do it automatically, we should be able to get rid of *another* special rule for user-exported headers, and make the code look more similar again.
> I could also see some sporadic use of u_int32_t - dunno where it comes from. > But looks wrong to me.
I think it's an old BSDism.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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