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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
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Subject: Re: 64-bit modulus operation in a 32-bit kernel
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Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> writes:

> I need to compute the remainder when a 64-bit quantity is divided by a 
> small value (126 in this case).  The % operator doesn't work in an 
> x86/32 kernel.  What's the Right Way to do it?

#include <asm/div64.h>

do_div(n,base) returns the remainder.

Andreas.

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