Re: Diff b/w 32bit & 64-bit

From: Måns Rullgård (mru@users.sourceforge.net)
Date: Mon Jul 01 2002 - 14:44:13 EST

"Mohamed Ghouse , Gurgaon" <MohamedG@ggn.hcltech.com> writes:

> Hello All
> I am working on a Driver.
> Considering the processor 2 B Intel's x86,
> can some one enlighten me with the differences of Linux on a 64-bit
> processor & a 32-Bit processor.

For Alpha: sizeof(int) == 4, sizeof(long) == 8, sizeof(void *) == 8
For intel: sizeof(int) == 4, sizeof(long) == 4, sizeof(void *) == 8

The most common mistake is trying to stuff a pointer into an
int. Don't do that. 

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Måns Rullgård
mru@users.sf.net
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