From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>,
linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Subject: Re: new architectures, time_t __kernel_long_t
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:10:12 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50A505D4.1080606@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201211151436.23088.arnd@arndb.de>
On 11/15/2012 06:36 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>
>> Glibc has been providing its own types for years.
>> Kernel provided types used to be wrong for ia32
>> on x86-64.
>
> What about ioctls and other calls then that actually do rely on the
> kernel headers and use the __kernel_*_t types?
>
Now, glibc *shouldn't* have to do that... it is an indication of failure
on our part.
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-15 15:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-14 12:18 new architectures, time_t __kernel_long_t Arnd Bergmann
2012-11-14 12:48 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2012-11-14 16:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-15 9:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-11-15 13:59 ` H.J. Lu
2012-11-15 14:36 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-11-15 14:42 ` H.J. Lu
2012-11-15 15:10 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-12-21 4:57 ` Al Viro
2012-12-21 5:00 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-21 5:02 ` Al Viro
2012-12-21 5:05 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-21 5:19 ` Al Viro
2012-12-21 5:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
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