Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 08 May 2011 23:02:01 -0500 | From | Greg Dietsche <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] usb: fix warning in usbtest module |
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On 05/08/2011 05:58 PM, Greg KH wrote: > Sorry, but no, use 'unsigned long' please. In the kernel, it's > guaranteed to hold the size of a pointer, that is one of the > requirements of Linux. > > And as for C99, those types don't make any sense in the kernel, only in > userspace. See Linus's posts on this a few years back on lkml if you > want all of the details. > Thank-you for the explanation! I will go and look up Linus's post. Since I'm new around here, please let me know if there are things I can do better and/or differently.
Thanks, Greg
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