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Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:58:34 +0200
From: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>
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To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] A generic boolean
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H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Jes Sorensen wrote:
>>
>>> That's how the ABI is defined.
>>
>> That the ABI for long long or the ABI for uint64_t? Given that u64 is a
>> Linux thing, it ought to be ok to do the alignment the right way within
>> the kernel.
>>
> 
> And what will break if you make that switch?

If we are lucky, some binary only modules? :-)

But you're right, it may just have to be documented as one of those
nasty issues to watch out for.

Cheers,
Jes
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