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Re: [PATCH] sparc64 (common & specific files)


From: Yoshinori K. Okuji
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparc64 (common & specific files)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 10:27:00 +0200
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On Thursday 14 July 2005 02:43, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> On Jul 13, 2005, at 5:15 PM, Vincent Pelletier wrote:
> > Marco Gerards wrote:
> >> For which reason?
> >>
> >> But if it should be more precise, it should be a grub_uint64_t.
> >
> > If the architecture give us a 32 bit number, we won't invent the
> > remaining 32 bits...
>
> We don't invent them; they are 0.

Please do not extend it to 64-bit on i386. 64-bit variables consume more 
registers and enlarge the binary code. GRUB does not have to be very precise 
about the time, so I prefer 32-bit here for all architectures. If you have a 
good reason to use 64-bit except that the native representation is 64-bit, 
let me know.

Okuji




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