Re: [PATCH] add new DMA_ADDR_T_SIZE define

[Albert Cahalan <albert@users.sf.net>]

On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 02:00, David S. Miller wrote:
>    From: Albert Cahalan <albert@users.sourceforge.net>
>    Date: 23 Feb 2003 02:02:01 -0500
>    
>    Casts are ugly and they hide bugs. There is a fix
>    for this problem: make u64 be "unsigned long long"
>    for every arch. That works for both 32-bit and 64-bit
>    systems. Likewise, choose "unsigned" for u32 even
>    if an "unsigned long" would work for a given arch.
>    
> That merely hides the lack of user defined printf types
> in gcc, it doesn't make the real problem go away.
> What you suggest is merely a bandaid.

Sure. It's an obviously useful bandaid that works
with gcc 2.91, 2.92, 2.95, 2.96, 3.0, 3.2, 3.3, etc.