linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] speakup: include types.h so u

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Message-ID: <20221025104833.io3spnxw7724vlhb@begin>
Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:48:33 +0200
From:   Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
To:     Eric Curtin <ecurtin@...hat.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@...il.com>,
        Chris Brannon <chris@...-brannons.com>,
        Kirk Reiser <kirk@...sers.ca>,
        "open list:SPEAKUP CONSOLE SPEECH DRIVER" <speakup@...ux-speakup.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] speakup: include types.h so u_char is a known type

Hello,

Eric Curtin, le mar. 25 oct. 2022 11:18:24 +0100, a ecrit:
> Fixes build of utils.h header file, occurred when building kernel on
> postmarketOS on Lenovo Duet Chromebook.
> 
>   drivers/accessibility/speakup/utils.h:57:9: error: unknown type name 'u_char'; did you mean 'char'?
>      57 |         u_char *pn = (u_char *)name;
>         |         ^~~~~~
>         |         char
> 

There is already a patch pending commit that just replaces it with
unsigned char.

(see
Subject: [PATCH] speakup: replace utils' u_char with unsigned char
)

Samuel