Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > > a common example of this. If possible, limit your code to using adds
> > > and shifts when working with long longs.
> > >
> >
> > Is there any reason we don't link the kernel with libgcc? libgcc
> > doesn't do system calls, so it should be safe to link the kernel with.
>
> On some platforms we do. But things like the x86 its good to have to think
> about stuff like long long because it reminds you that you are writing
> expensive to execute code and should maybe take some time to work out
> a better solution
>
There seems to be enough cases were you would really like to do this...
we get this request often enough that I think it may be a good idea
after all.
-hpa
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