On Nov 12 2007 13:57, Vegard Nossum wrote:
>
>This seems like a good time to ask why the kernel doesn't use
><stdint.h> for its INT_MAX and type definitions like uint32_t., etc.
>>From the manpage: "The <stdint.h> header is a subset of the
><inttypes.h> header more suitable for use in freestanding
>environments, which might not support the formatted I/O functions. In
>some environments, if the formatted conversion support is not
>wanted, using this header instead of the <inttypes.h> header avoids
>defining such a large number of macros."
Yes, I am all for that, replacing u8 __u8 with uint8_t, and so on.
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