Messages in this thread |  | | | From | "Michael S. Zick" <> | | Subject | Re: [Bug Fix]: Do 32-bit table calculations in pre-processor | | Date | Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:38:22 -0500 |
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On Fri July 3 2009, Andi Kleen wrote: > "Michael S. Zick" <lkml@morethan.org> writes: > > > Here is one I have found useful in my VIA processor bug hunting: > > Could you please expand a bit what bug this is supposed to fix? >
I make no claims for it at the moment - too early in the test process. Just the general observation that it takes 0.5M to describe 0.5G of ram.
Also, the observation that (1<<32) drops the bit off the left end of a 32-bit value. You can see the result in the portion of the post you snipped out. ;)
Mike > -Andi >
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