On 8/28/07, Sam Ravnborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But I'd like a better description, please. Which "non-gcc parser" are we > > > talking about here? Something under ./scripts/. Well, please identify > > > it, > > > and describe what the problem is, and how the proposed patch will address > > > it. > > >... > > > > It's about parsers like the Sun C compiler and the C parser shipped > > with genksyms. > > So it is about two bugs. > 1) kbuild (genksyms) fails to generate CRC for some symbols > 2) allow userspace to parse the header > > As for 2 we already use sed to remove a lot of stuff in our headers > so why do we use another approach here?
the sed removes things permanently and is designed for scrubbing things that are kernel-only ... in this case, these typedefs are not kernel only, but exposed conditionally when the compiler/standard allows for it -mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
