Re: 64-bit block sizes on 32-bit systems

From: Matthew Wilcox (matthew@wil.cx)
Date: Wed Mar 28 2001 - 03:06:38 EST

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On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 08:39:21AM -0800, LA Walsh wrote:
> So...is it the plan, or has it been though about -- 'abstracting'
> block numbes as a typedef 'block_nr', then at compile time
> having it be selectable as to whether or not this was to
> be a 32-bit or 64 bit quantity -- that way older systems would

Oh, did no-one mention the words `Module ABI' yet?

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