Re: kernel header separation

[Andreas Schwab]

Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 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.

Actually, a freestanding environment is required (in C99) to provide
<stdint.h>.  gcc isn't quite there yet.

Andreas.

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