Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Aug 2000 01:02:51 +0200 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: 64 bit divide/mod in 2.4.0-test5 |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > The do_div() interface is not exactly pretty, but it was designed for > performance and printk() in mind. In particular, it was designed so that > it would return _both_ the remainder and the quotient, as printk() needs > both (the remainder for the actual number, and the quotient for the next > time through the loop).
You're aware of the algorithm for printing digits that doesn't use any divisions, and decided not to use it, right?
;-) -- Jamie
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