On 07/18/2012 01:55 PM, Jim Rees wrote: > Dave Jones wrote: > > > Unsigned long isn't necessarily 32 bits. > On 64-bit systems %lu can be up to 18446744073709551615 > > Thanks. You caught me thinking "Intel." How embarrassing.
What? why even on Intel-64 long is 64bit. long is always the same or bigger then a pointer (A pointer must always fit in a long) On the other hand int is 32bit in Intel-64 unlike some other CPUs where int(s) may get to be 64bit as well. Cheers Boaz -- 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/
