[U-Boot-Users] Compiler question: integer division?

[Steven Scholz <steven.scholz@imc-berlin.de>]

Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> In message <426CA9EF.6080003@imc-berlin.de> you wrote:
> 
>>How about
>>	a = b / 5;
>>  ?
>>Will that result in
>>	a = (b >> 2) - b;
> 
> 
> We don't know which architecture you're using, and which  version  of
> which compiler, so how can we know this?

I have hoped there will be a general answer, like "gcc always/never does 
this ..." no matter wich architecture...

Thanks a million for all your comments.

Steven