On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 11:13:16AM -0700, Mika Kukkonen wrote: > I was doing > $ grep __kernel_uid_t include/*/posix_types.h > > and noticed that MIPS is the only architecture that > defines that to be signed (int) and not unsigned? > > Same with __kernel_uid32_t. Is this intentional > deviation or just an oversight? Intentional but with a really weak reason. Linux/MIPS uses the same type definitions as SysV rsp. the MIPS ABI in it's EFT (Extended Fundamental Types). Not a great idea in retroperspective but that's a choice made 10 years ago. I don't think we'd break anything by changing this. Objections to changing it? Ralf
