Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: kernel header separation | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Mon, 08 Sep 2003 15:12:10 +0100 |
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On Llu, 2003-09-08 at 14:38, David Woodhouse wrote: > > __u8 has a very precise meaning defined by Linux. If you're including > > a Linux header. that's what you need to worry about. > > It's a kernel-private type. If we're aiming for a clean set of headers, > then ideally we should avoid gratuitously defining our own types when > standards already exist.
__u8 is intended to be used by non kernel stuff for headers. Thats why "__u8" not "u8" - so it doesnt pollute the sacred posix name space and have us lynched by glibc people
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