From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mogambo.kztrj@gmail.com (Khushhua Mogambo) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:43:12 +0900 Subject: Use of data types Message-ID: <2703439e1001180443t761947e0idc144ced64ca3a4f@mail.gmail.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Hi I starting to port Linux kernel to my companies new ARM based SoC and development board. Some of the regs is 16bits wide and some is 32bits width. I ask if my using u16 and u32 in place of 'unsigned short' and 'unsigned int' in the whole porting would be acceptable or not? In different wording, using only u16 and u32 always is considered good quality or bad? many thanks.