Re: Long long arithmetic

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Thu Jun 08 2000 - 18:37:24 EST


> > a common example of this. If possible, limit your code to using adds
> > and shifts when working with long longs.
> >
>
> Is there any reason we don't link the kernel with libgcc? libgcc
> doesn't do system calls, so it should be safe to link the kernel with.

On some platforms we do. But things like the x86 its good to have to think
about stuff like long long because it reminds you that you are writing
expensive to execute code and should maybe take some time to work out
a better solution

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