Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262723AbUCJRsH (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:48:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262725AbUCJRsG (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:48:06 -0500 Received: from gockel.physik3.uni-rostock.de ([139.30.44.16]:14535 "EHLO gockel.physik3.uni-rostock.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262723AbUCJRsE (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:48:04 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:47:50 +0100 (CET) From: Tim Schmielau To: Albert Cahalan cc: linux-kernel mailing list , corliss@digitalmages.com, riel@redhat.com, jerj@coplanar.net Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.x BSD Process Accounting w/High UID In-Reply-To: <1078936898.2232.571.camel@cube> Message-ID: References: <1078883951.2232.501.camel@cube> <1078936898.2232.571.camel@cube> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 582 Lines: 18 On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Albert Cahalan wrote: > That's a 42-bit number instead of a 36-bit one. OK, your format clearly wins. Especially since I think that comp_t can only encode a 34-bit number. But I favor your suggestion of 32-bit IEEE floats even more, as it doesn't need a change to the GNU acct tools. Sorry for the confusion Tim - 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/