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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5 v2] x86 boot: show pfn addresses in hex not decimal
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> Any reason we can't just re-define %p to print the 0x prefix, just as glibc
> does?  It'd be easy enough to go and sed out all the 0x%p's currently in the
> kernel.

You didn't listen. I want #p to do the _symbolic_ address. The thing we 
have in the backtraces etc. With nice symbol offset information etc.

The '0x<hex>' thing isn't all that interesting. You can do it by adding 
the '0x' by hand, or by using a cast and using %#lx instead.

		Linus