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SubjectRe: Q: void* vs. unsigned long
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Chuck Lever wrote:

> i was also wondering about the use of (ulong) and (void *). is it true
> that (ulong) is used for physical addresses and void * is used for virtual
> addresses? wouldn't it be clearer to use a couple of typedefs?

Clearer and safer. Perhaps bus_t, virtual_t, io_t? Though there are some
rumblings about the current scheme being broken for systems with multiple
buses like certain Suns.

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