From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261473AbVFCSSF (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jun 2005 14:18:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261477AbVFCSSD (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jun 2005 14:18:03 -0400 Received: from titan.genwebhost.com ([209.9.226.66]:45480 "EHLO titan.genwebhost.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261473AbVFCSQ2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jun 2005 14:16:28 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 11:16:22 -0700 From: randy_dunlap To: Lars Marowsky-Bree Cc: schwab@suse.de, geert@linux-m68k.org, joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de, xiao@unice.fr, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Suggestion on "int len" sanity Message-Id: <20050603111622.530d8f2c.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <20050603180941.GU27119@marowsky-bree.de> References: <429EB537.4060305@unice.fr> <20050602084840.GA32519@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <20050603110436.3f801c65.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20050603180941.GU27119@marowsky-bree.de> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - titan.genwebhost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - xenotime.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 3 Jun 2005 20:09:41 +0200 Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote: | On 2005-06-03T11:04:36, randy_dunlap wrote: | | > | > Sorry, forgot to add the | > | > `Signed-Off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven ' line :-) | > | | > | Who deprecated it? | > | > Not technically deprecated, just undesirable in the kernel sources. | | Don't tell the device mapper folks. Uhm. And why is it depreciated? what's depreciated? Kernel source prefers more explicit typing/sizing, that's all that I can offer. And the the C language lawyers can say that 'unsigned' is explicit. :( --- ~Randy