Better FreeBSD compatibility
Corinna Vinschen
vinschen@redhat.com
Thu Apr 7 15:31:00 GMT 2016
On Apr 7 09:50, Sebastian Huber wrote:
> On 07/04/16 09:30, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Apr 7 09:21, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >>On Apr 6 12:04, Sebastian Huber wrote:
> >>>Hello,
> >>>
> >>>in RTEMS we use the FreeBSD network stack and other components. I would like
> >>>to make some Newlib headers (e.g. <sys/tyeps.h>, <sys/param.h> and
> >>><sys/time.h>) more compatible to FreeBSD so that we can use them directly.
> >>>This involves changes like this:
> >>>
> >>>Change internal type from x to y, e.g. _off_t to __off_t.
> >>>
> >>>Change type define guard from x to y. e.g. __clockid_t_defined to
> >>>_CLOCKID_T_DECLARED.
> >>As long as you test that your changes don't break Cygwin it should
> >>be ok.
> >>
> >>However, how sure can we be that Cygwin is the *only* target using
> >>internal types outside the newlib tree?
> >s/Cygwin is the *only* target/Cygwin and RTEMS are the *only* targets/
> >
> >What about something like
> >
> > #define __off_t _off_t
> >
> >or
> >
> > typedef _off_t __off_t;
> >
> >thus adding the missing type instead of changing it?
>
> Ok, for types I will add a typedef for the FreeBSD type and keep existing
> types.
>
> What about the internal guard defines?
It's ok to rename internal guards, but please make sure a change doesn't
break some target-specific headers, including Cygwin headers.
Thanks,
Corinna
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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Maintainer
Red Hat
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