linux-kernel - Re: __kernel_suseconds_t is int on PA-RISC (and SPARC64)?

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Message-Id: <20080826.135024.03095891.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:50:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	geert@...ux-m68k.org
Cc:	linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org, linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: __kernel_suseconds_t is int on PA-RISC (and SPARC64)?

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:11:25 +0200 (CEST)

> Apparently __kernel_suseconds_t is `int' on PA-RISC (and on SPARC64),
> while it's `long' on all other platforms.
> 
> Is there a specific reason for that?

An existing API probably decided it for us :-)

Anyways, no use in wondering why, it can't be changed at this point.
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