[Kwintv] v4l plugin

[George Staikos]

On Tuesday November 12 2002 22:08, John Campbell wrote:
> >It's ugly/nasty/etc.  It can't stay there.  I really don't want to add
> > this to all the other files that include v4l include files.  Does anyone
> > know of a good solution to this other than contacting the v4l authors and
> > asking for a patch to remove the dependency?
>
> Do you mean the v4l plugin for qtvision or the actual v4l module?

   Either.  I sent an email to Gerd but we don't have a solution yet.

> The truth is, the STRICT_ANSI blocks in <asm/types.h> header file look
> legitimate.  They are blocking out typedefs relating to data sizes,
> 32bit, 64bit signed and unsigned data.  ANSI doesn't like that.

   Yes I agree.

> Qtvision is so tied with hardware issues that I'm wondering why it
> runs strict ANSI in the first place.  Wouldn't it be better to just
> dump the "-ansi" flag entirely?

    It might be the only choice.  It's nice to help keep code portable and 
clean though.

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George Staikos