Re: [PATCH] 2.4.21-rc1: byteorder.h breaks with __STRICT_ANSI__ defined (trivial)

David S. Miller
2003-11-06T17:43:04Z

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 19:36:39 +0200
Martin Schlemmer <azarah@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 04:19, David S. Miller wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 02:16, Thomas Horsten wrote:
> > > The following patch fixes the problem:
> >
> > Making the u64 swabbing functions unavailable is not an
> > acceptable solution.
> >
>
> Sorry to dig this up again, but wont __STRICT_ANSI__ assume
> that the program will not use u64 functions (as the program/compiler
> is supposed to adhere to ansi standards)?

It may make indirect use of inline functions in the kernel headers
in question, which themselves need to use the u64 type.