On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Joerg Schilling wrote:
Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote:
On Friday 22 June 2007, [email protected] wrote:
this has been discussed many times and the answer is that the kernel is
not gong to change it's side of things to ANSI C.
I don't think that's entirely true with regard to the include files.
We have always tried not to step on anyone's toes there, e.g. regarding
the use of __u32 vs. uint32_t style types. It's certainly desirable
to make the kernel headers that are _meant_ for inclusion compatible
with standard compilers.
Mike Frysinger has posted a few patches that make the installed headers
friendlier to strict C99 users. While there was some negative feedback
about these patches, it was not about the idea of making the installed
headers C99 clean, but rather about the question whether those non-clean
parts should be exported in the first place.
Wouldn't it be simpler to ask the developers to deliver their include files
in a state that is clean for user space programs?
that's what make headers_install does, as others have pointed out.
David Lang
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