From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:22:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:22:07 -0400 Received: from alcove.wittsend.com ([130.205.0.20]:49544 "EHLO alcove.wittsend.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:21:50 -0400 Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:21:59 -0400 From: "Michael H. Warfield" To: Herbert Rosmanith Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: min() and max() in kernel.h ? Message-ID: <20010817152159.A15459@alcove.wittsend.com> Mail-Followup-To: Herbert Rosmanith , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200108171913.f7HJDKi00416@wildsau.idv-edu.uni-linz.ac.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.2i In-Reply-To: <200108171913.f7HJDKi00416@wildsau.idv-edu.uni-linz.ac.at>; from herp@wildsau.idv-edu.uni-linz.ac.at on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 09:13:20PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 09:13:20PM +0200, Herbert Rosmanith wrote: > hi, > just now I tried to compile some module and noticed that it doesnt > compile anymore because "macro min used with only two arguments". > I had some "#define min(a,b) (a I then found min() being defined in with an additional > type argument and some superfluos (imo) assignment code. Erm. What's going > next, drawing elipses in kernel? > I'm also missing some comment who added min/max to kernel.h, at least > I want to know who I am going to flame :-> Please review the flamefest threads in this forum going under the subjects of "2.4.9 does not compile" and related "[PATCH]". That will answer who what when and why, as well as giving you a suitable case of characters to throw stones, or whatever else is handy, at. Rather interesting that Linus ducked out of town just in time for this... :-> > /herp Mike -- Michael H. Warfield | (770) 985-6132 | mhw@WittsEnd.com (The Mad Wizard) | (678) 463-0932 | http://www.wittsend.com/mhw/ NIC whois: MHW9 | An optimist believes we live in the best of all PGP Key: 0xDF1DD471 | possible worlds. A pessimist is sure of it!