Re: [PATCH] x86 byteorder.h: use __asm__/__inline__ for userspace

[H. Peter Anvin]

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

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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