Re: Integer types

From: Pekka Enberg
Date: Sun Jan 01 2006 - 12:08:42 EST


Hi,

On Sat, 2005-12-31 at 11:55 +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> > > * u8, u16, ...
> > > * uint8_t, uint16_t, ...
> > > * u_int8_t, t_int16_t, ...
> >
> > From the above list, the first ones. See
> > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/259313. Please note that
> > there's also __le32 and __be32 for variables that have fixed byte
> > ordering.

On 12/31/05, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As ever, however, be aware that our esteemed leader is fickle.
> Especially when he's wrong, as he was on that occasion.

Maybe so but some maintainers do require them. So as for the original
question, I would still recommend the u8 ones as they are most likely
merged as is.

Pekka
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