linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v1.1] x86, boot: Further compress CPUs bootup message

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Message-ID: <20130930062848.GB13482@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 30 Sep 2013 08:28:48 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	huawei.libin@...wei.com, wangyijing@...wei.com,
	fenghua.yu@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de, guohanjun@...wei.com,
	paul.gortmaker@...driver.com, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v1.1] x86, boot: Further compress CPUs bootup message


* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

> If the goal is to feed this to the field width in printf, which I would 
> think would be the dominant use, then you do have to account for the 
> minus sign.

The input here is always a nonzero positive integer.

Anyway, I have no objections against using the more generic library 
function either.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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