Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 6 Mar 2010 15:46:45 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [RESEND PATCH 0/2] Make functions of dev_<level> macros, recursive vsnprintf |
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On Sat, 6 Mar 2010, Joe Perches wrote: > > I believe 32 bits isn't possible. > > type:6 > flags:8 > width:8 > base:6 > precision:6 > qualifier:8
type: 5 flags: 7 width: 5 (make it 6 bits and signed) base: 5 precision: 5 (make it 6 bits, and signed) qualifier: 3
Now, admittedly, right now 'qualifier' really has to be 8, but that's just because we use an ASCII character for it. But I don't think there are more than 8 actual legal qualifiers. And 'base' could be just 2 bits, since there are only a couple of legal bases, but I left room for them all anyway.
And the other really should fit in those numbers unchanged, I think.
Linus
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