Re: [PATCH] 32-bit UID support for 2.3.30pre6 (important update)

Chris Wing (wingc@engin.umich.edu)
Sun, 5 Dec 1999 16:23:23 -0500 (EST)


Alan:

> > I just increased everything to machine word size with the thinking that
> > that would be optimal for integer math. (is it more efficient to avoid
> > shorts on risc architectures?)
>
> Yes.

Okay good, otherwise I was afraid I'd take a beating over the increased
cache footprint :)

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