From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Lftvd-0000WN-A2 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:38:49 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lftva-0000Uy-6X for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:38:46 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LftvY-0000UQ-Ew for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:38:45 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46010 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LftvY-0000UL-3i for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:38:44 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:52053) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LftvX-0003KT-N7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:38:43 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Lftne-0004uS-Im for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:30:35 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LftvS-0005MW-Pk for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:38:38 +0100 Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 11:38:38 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090307103838.GA20604@thorin> References: <200903050804.07474.ml@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <20090306185553.GA28703@thorin> <1236366237.7680.2.camel@mj> <20090306.163953.27529500.davem@davemloft.net> <20090307005643.u3urxp4beo4k8o84-cebfxv@webmail.spamcop.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090307005643.u3urxp4beo4k8o84-cebfxv@webmail.spamcop.net> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7]: Fix sparc64 setjmp implementation. X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:38:46 -0000 On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 12:56:43AM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > Quoting David Miller : > >>> I was considering making grub_size_t long and grub_ssize_t unsigned >>> long. I remember that it required many changes in string formats, so I >>> didn't feel it would be justified. But we could try it again. >> >> You should use whatever is the appropriate size_t/ssize_t type on >> the given platform+ABI, and that way GRUB could use "%Zd" and/or >> "%zd" throughout. Was that the plan? > > No, the plan was to use long. We don't support architectures where long > and size_t have different sizes. I'm not aware of such architectures. I > don't care about win64, as it would need some very special handling > (perhaps redefinition of long). Maybe Christian can shred some light on this ;-) -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."