From: Lucas Tanure
> Sent: 30 January 2016 13:18
> As suggested by checkpatch.pl:
> CHECK: Prefer kernel type 'uX' over 'uintX_t'
One might ask why?
The kernel types are older, but the uintX_t ones are now part
of the C standard.
Writing header files (eg for ioctl buffers) that have to be
parsed by both userspace and kernel is a PITA unless the uintX_t
forms are used - at which point you have inconsistent names
in the same file.
At some point someone might decide that the uintX_t types are
preferred (as NetBSD did a few years ago) - so these changes
would get reverted.
David
