Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272535AbTHRQnx (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:43:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272540AbTHRQnx (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:43:53 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:5266 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272535AbTHRQnx (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:43:53 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] use simple_strtoul for unsigned kernel parameters From: Alan Cox To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Rusty Russell , Jamie Lokier , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1061225003.25041.34.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 (1.4.3-3) Date: 18 Aug 2003 17:43:24 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 900 Lines: 21 On Llu, 2003-08-18 at 16:20, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Well, in theory short/int/long can all be the same size and thus a > "unsigned short" may not actually fit in a "long". I think that was the > case on the old 64-bit cray machines, for example ("char" was a very slow > 8-bit thing, everything else was purely 64-bit). > > Not likely something we want to port Linux to, admittedly. Bear in mind we have the compiler source 8). If someone desperately wants to run Linux (probably ucLinux) on their cray they can fix the types too. Things like the DEC10 (9,18,36 bit) and HLH Orion (word addressed) would be a lot more fun but thankfully are extinct - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/