Re: Compiling C++ modules

Greg KH
2006-04-24T19:28:25Z

On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 01:16:26PM -0600, Gary Poppitz wrote:
> I have the task of porting an existing file system to Linux. This
> code is in C++ and I have noticed that the Linux kernel has
> made use of C++ keywords and other things that make it incompatible.

We know they are "incompatible", why else would we allow "private" and
"struct class" in the kernel source if we some how expected it to work
with a C++ compiler?

Please see the lkml FAQ (linked to at the bottom of every lkml message)
for why this will not happen.

thanks,

greg k-h