Matthew Wilcox wrote:
On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 10:00:18PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
Matthew Wilcox wrote:
-#define PortAddr unsigned short /* port address size */ +#define PortAddr unsigned int /* port address size */
#define inp(port)                inb(port)
#define outp(port, byte)         outb((byte), (port))
everybody just uses unsigned long these days... any reason using unsigned long would be harmful?

inb/outb use signed int for port addresses ...

Incorrect. That is highly platform specific, with many using unsigned long, since the [non-x86] platform is generally pointing to a special memory region rather than directly using an x86-like instruction.

unsigned long is the portable size to use, because it is guaranteed to work on all platforms.

unsigned int means you exclude powerpc[64], alpha, sparc64, sh, ... it's not portable, unlike unsigned long.

        Jeff


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