[PATCH 1/6] bootwrapper: arch/powerpc/boot code reorg
Arnd Bergmann
arnd.bergmann at de.ibm.com
Wed Aug 2 22:41:23 EST 2006
On Wednesday 02 August 2006 06:53, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> > +#ifdef __powerpc64__
> > +typedef unsigned long u64;
> > +#else
> > +typedef unsigned long long u64;
> > +#endif
>
> This is potentially confusing, because the __powerpc64__ relates to
> the boot wrapper not the kernel, and we don't build a 64-bit boot
> wrapper on any platform (not yet anyway). Maybe this needs a comment.
>
Moreover, even if we ever build this on __powerpc64__, the
typedef unsigned long long u64 would still do the right thing.
It only ever becomes a problem when mixing with u64 the c99 uint64_t,
which is defined the other way.
Arnd <><
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