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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:42:32 -0400 From: "Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@...il.com> To: "Sam Ravnborg" <sam@...nborg.org> Cc: "Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...sta.de>, "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, "Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...nel.org>, "Gabriel C" <nix.or.die@...glemail.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Olaf Hering" <olh@...e.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [-mm patch] make types.h usable for non-gcc C parsers On 8/28/07, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote: > > > But I'd like a better description, please. Which "non-gcc parser" are we > > > talking about here? Something under ./scripts/. Well, please identify it, > > > and describe what the problem is, and how the proposed patch will address > > > it. > > >... > > > > It's about parsers like the Sun C compiler and the C parser shipped > > with genksyms. > > So it is about two bugs. > 1) kbuild (genksyms) fails to generate CRC for some symbols > 2) allow userspace to parse the header > > As for 2 we already use sed to remove a lot of stuff in our headers > so why do we use another approach here? the sed removes things permanently and is designed for scrubbing things that are kernel-only ... in this case, these typedefs are not kernel only, but exposed conditionally when the compiler/standard allows for it -mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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