On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 00:40, mohit verma <mohit89mlnc@gmail.com> wrote:
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> hi all,
> i have seen many places in  kernel where the variables specially the
> structures should be of  fixed size independent of the architecture. i went
> through the  definitions of them  but dint  get  clearly (or frankly  say
> ...dint get them even a bit) .

Your question isn't specific enough, so I'll just guess. Let's say
"int". In 32 bit, AFAIK it's  4 byte, but in 64 bit (like IA 64, not
sure if it's x64) it's 8 byte. So, if you just say "int", you will
likely getting screwed up.

By using types like u_int or something like that, you pretty much say
"I mean 4 byte kind of integer" etc

-- 
regards,

Mulyadi Santosa
Freelance Linux trainer and consultant

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