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

David S. Miller
2003-11-06T21:31:16Z

On 6 Nov 2003 12:40:55 -0800
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:

> Note that "long long" (the underlying type) is valid
> standards-compliant C99. gcc can handle it when in C89 mode if
> defined as __extension__ long long IIRC.

That's correct and I've suggested this.

But keep in mind that people with non-GCC compilers will then
start complaining.