Re: Linux 2.4.26-pre2

From: David Weinehall
Date: Sun Mar 07 2004 - 14:29:23 EST


On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 01:19:46PM -0300, Horst von Brand wrote:
> Eyal Lebedinsky <eyal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Here goes -pre2 -- it contains networking updates, network drivers
> > > updates, an XFS update, amongst others.
> > >
> > > <jon:focalhost.com>:
> > > o [CRYPTO]: Add ARC4 module
> >
> > In standard C we declare all variables at the top of a function. While
> > some compilers allow extension, it is not a good idea to get used to
> > them if we want portable code.
>
> Oh, come on. This is _kernel_ code, it won't ever be compiled with anything
> not GCC-compatible.

Ugly warts don't become any less ugly just because gcc accepts them...


Regards: David Weinehall
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