From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: kirjanov@gmail.com (Denis Kirjanov) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 22:17:43 +0300 Subject: fixed memory bytes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 8:40 PM, mohit verma wrote: > > hi all, > i have seen many places in? kernel where the variables specially the > structures should be of? fixed size independent of the architecture. i went > through the? definitions of them? but dint? get? clearly (or frankly? say > ...dint get them even a bit) . Linux (compiler actually) supports C99 fixed-width types such as 8, 16, 32, 64 bits. Just look through the include/linux/types.h and small example here: http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.36/arch/powerpc/boot/types.h#L8 > > so ,can please someone? help me to understand this?? > > > thanks in advance for help........ > -- > ........................ > MOHIT VERMA > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > > -- Regards, Denis