Re: patch submission

Tom Dyas (tdyas@hardees.rutgers.edu)
Mon, 16 Dec 96 15:45:58 EST

> This is a patch for a very minor typo in include/linux/types.h.
> The kernel sources I have are 2.0.27. Forward it to whoever takes care of
> it (I couldn't find out who it is). Thanks.
> Uwe F. Mayer <mayer@math.vanderbilt.edu>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *** linux/include/linux/types.h.dist Mon Dec 16 09:17:00 1996
> --- linux/include/linux/types.h Mon Dec 16 09:17:34 1996
> ***************
> *** 62,68 ****
> typedef unsigned long u_long;
>
> /* sysv */
> ! typedef unsigned char unchar;
> typedef unsigned short ushort;
> typedef unsigned int uint;
> typedef unsigned long ulong;
> --- 62,68 ----
> typedef unsigned long u_long;
>
> /* sysv */
> ! typedef unsigned char uchar;
> typedef unsigned short ushort;
> typedef unsigned int uint;
> typedef unsigned long ulong;

This is NOT a typo. Check <sys/types.h> on any System V machine and
you will see that it is definitely "unchar". I used Solaris for
example.

Tom