> Michael Richardson wrote:
> > Is there any easy way to get things like the stuff that it
> > is in libgcc1.a into the Linux kernel? I have need for 64/32 integer divide
> > (gcc calls __udivdi3).
> > This is with 2.2.10, on a Lintel box, and I'm using a module.
>
> Richard Johnson wrote:
> > Use inline asm. In Intel, you put the high long-word into edx, the low
> > long-word into eax, and "div" either by an immediate or something in, say
> > the ecx register. The result is a long-word in eax, with the remainder
> > in edx.
> >
> > This results in an unsigned integer divide, which is what the __udivxxx
> > means.
>
> Actually __udivdi3 is a 64/64 -> 64 divide, while the "div" instruction
> is 64/32 -> 32. Apples and pears.
>
> -- Jamie
>
It depends upon your C runtime library. Version 2.8.1 substitutes the
64/64 version.
This is from libgcc2.c, line 709.
#ifdef L_udivdi3
UDItype __udivmoddi4 ();
UDItype
__udivdi3 (UDItype n, UDItype d)
{
return __udivmoddi4 (n, d, (UDItype *) 0);
}
We are both correct.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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