Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Feb 1999 16:42:24 -0600 (CST) | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: Q: void* vs. unsigned long |
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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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