linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH-2.6.28 final] byteorder: fix new headers for userspace

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0812181246420.14014@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:47:28 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, bluebird@...too.org,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH-2.6.28 final] byteorder: fix new headers for userspace



On Thu, 18 Dec 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> I think it would be better to just make it a config option, call it 
> CONFIG_[LITTLE|BIG]_ENDIAN and set it up in the architecture Kconfig file. 
> I think some of the people who can set it dynamically (or where it depends 
> on the target machine) already effectively do that.

Never mind, since we end up having to export it to user space (do we?) we 
can't depend on the config.h file, nor can we pollute the name space.

Oh well.

		Linus
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