linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/24] Unify integer type definitions, and add fixed type constructor macros

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Date:	Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:49:45 +0200
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Arch Mailing List <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/24] Unify integer type definitions, and add fixed type constructor macros

Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> writes:

> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> This patchset unifies the integer definitions across all the
>> <asm-*/types.h> files, replacing them with two asm-generic files, one
>> for the LL64 model (all 32-bit architectures plus x86-64) and one for
>> the L64 model (all other 64-bit architectures.)
>
> Just a minor nitpick, what about calling them LP32 and LP64, like
> everybody else does?

LP32 wouldn't fit x86-64 (the header has nothing to say about pointer
types, it's all about integer types).

Andreas.

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