linux-kernel - Re: inclusion of <endian.h> in a kernel header? ok or not?

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Message-ID: <20080819195239.GA21209@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi>
Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:52:39 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Frans Meulenbroeks <fransmeulenbroeks@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: inclusion of <endian.h> in a kernel header? ok or not?

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 09:16:56PM +0200, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote:
> Is it ok to #include <endian.h> in a kernel header file.
> This is done in linux/patchkey.h and linux/soundcard.h but other
> places seem to prefer <asm/byteorder.h>
>...

Look at the two files you mention - they only do it in userspace.

And considering that these only users in the kernel are in the OSS code
it's most likely not the best solution.

cu
Adrian

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