Re: inclusion of <endian.h> in a kernel header? ok or not?

[Adrian Bunk]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 09:16:56PM +0200, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote:
> Is it ok to #include <endian.h> in a kernel header file.
> This is done in linux/patchkey.h and linux/soundcard.h but other
> places seem to prefer <asm/byteorder.h>
>...

Look at the two files you mention - they only do it in userspace.

And considering that these only users in the kernel are in the OSS code
it's most likely not the best solution.

cu
Adrian

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