>> >Were you planning on porting Linux to a machine with non-8-bit-bytes any >> >time soon? Because there's a lot more to fix than this. >> >> I am considering the case [assuming 8-bit-byte machines] where >> sizeof(u32) is not 4. Though I suppose GCC will probably make a 32-bit >> type up if the hardware does not know one. > >If the machine has 8-bit bytes, how can sizeof(u32) be anything other than 4? typedef unsigned int u32; Though this should not be seen in the linux kernel. -`J' -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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