RE: [PATCH] s/u64/__u64/ in linux/xfrm.h

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David S. Miller [mailto:davem@redhat.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 6:21 AM
> To: rddunlap@osdl.org
> Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com; herbert@gondor.apana.org.au; 
> linux-net@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] s/u64/__u64/ in linux/xfrm.h
> 
> 
> >    From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
> >    Hooray.  I agree with that kind of reality.
> >    
> >    Dave, what other linux networking headers are acceptable 
> > for user apps
> >    to include?
> > 
> >    Maybe netlink.h, rtnetlink.h?
> > 
> Yes.

While on the subject, what about ethtool.h? It too uses the u<size> kernel
style instead of __u<size> and therefore applications using it has to do all
kinds of loops and twists to work around that (e.g. ethtool.c, ifenslave.c).

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| Shmulik Hen                             |
| Israel Design Center (Jerusalem)        |
| LAN Access Division                     |
| Intel Communications Group, Intel corp. |
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