Re: More on bigger kdev_t
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 9 Oct 1999 22:32:14 +0100 (BST)
> If kdev_t is a 4 byte long structure, (i.e., using a 16/16 major/minor
> split), the compiler should be able to do a relatively good job of
> optimizing accesses to it. If not, that's a compiler bug that we should
> report, and ask the gcc/egcs folks to fix.
On many platforms
struct
{
u16 a;
u16 b;
};
is an 8 byte object.
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