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Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:49:59 -0800 (PST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: sfr@...b.auug.org.au Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, santil@...ibm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] ibmveth: use consistent types From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:02:25 +1100 > These variables are only used with an interface involving "unsigned > long" and the macros are only used with these variables. This change > will prevent some warnings when we change u64 to "unsigned long long". > > This code is only built for 64bit powerpc, so the transformation is > really a noop. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> I'd prefer if the types were to remain 32-bit portable. Doing things like this is just a problem waiting to happen, either for the first person who actually finds a need and a way to use this driver on 32-bit or the person who cut and pastes this code into their driver which should work on both 32-bit and 64-bit. Patch not applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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