From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263586AbTDNRkq (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:40:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263590AbTDNRkq (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:40:46 -0400 Received: from inet-mail4.oracle.com ([148.87.2.204]:14219 "EHLO inet-mail4.oracle.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263586AbTDNRko (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:40:44 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 10:51:42 -0700 From: Joel Becker To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl Cc: akpm@digeo.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] kdevt-diff Message-ID: <20030414175141.GS4917@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Burt-Line: Trees are cool. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 12:45:36AM +0200, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote: > The structure here is 8+8, except when more bits are > present, in which case it is 16+16, except when more bits > are present, in which case it is 32+32. Why complicate things? Is it that bad? We'd all have to know about the mess when dealing with userspace. Joel -- Life's Little Instruction Book #237 "Seek out the good in people." Joel Becker Senior Member of Technical Staff Oracle Corporation E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127