linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [TRIVIAL] linux/types.h: Don't depend on __GNUC__ for __le64 / _

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Message-ID: <20090107193523.GA4647@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Wed, 7 Jan 2009 20:35:23 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Detlef Riekenberg <wine.dev@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, trivial@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [TRIVIAL] linux/types.h: Don't depend on __GNUC__ for __le64 / __be64 [synced to git]

On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 11:21:54AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Detlef Riekenberg wrote:
> >Hi.
> ><linux/cdrom.h> is used in Wine, but failed to compile with pcc.
> >(__le64 and __be64 are referenced in <linux/byteorder/little_endian.h>)
> >
> >There is no reason to restrict the typedefs to __GNUC__.
> >This Patch is trivial for gcc and icc, but required for other compiler.
> >
> >As reference, the typedefs for __u64 and __s64 where fixed to be
> >available for other compiler on 02. Mai 2008 by H. Peter Anvin
> >(commit edfa5cfa3dc5bfa95e6aa82a2b8904e7f6c35ed7)
> >
> >Wine: http://www.winehq.org
> >pcc:  http://pcc.ludd.ltu.se
> >
> >This patch is again a resync to current git.
> >Is there anything, that I can do for this Patch?
> >
> 
> For what it's worth...
> 
> Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
> 
> This isn't an x86 thing so it's a bit out of scope for me to push it 
> through -tip, but it's a valid bugfix.
I have applied it to kbuild-fixes.git.

Thanks,
	Sam
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