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SubjectRe: [PATCH] usb: fix warning in usbtest module

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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