linux-kernel - Re: somebody dropped a (warning) bomb

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Date:	Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:11:09 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
cc:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: somebody dropped a (warning) bomb



On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, David Rientjes wrote:
>
> Maybe you should read my first post, we're talking about gcc's behavior 
> here, not the C standard.

Give it up, David.

Even gcc DOES DIFFERENT THINGS! Have you even read the docs?

	By default it is treated as signed int but this may be changed by 
	the -funsigned-bitfields option.

So even for gcc, it's just a default. I think you can even change the 
default in the spec file.

		Linus
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