Re: Correct way to format spufs file output.

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Fri Oct 20 2006 - 10:39:32 EST


On Friday 20 October 2006 15:54, Dwayne Grant McConnell wrote:
> I think %0xllx is the way to go. I would even advocate changing
> signal1_type and signal2_type unless it is actually too dangerous.

There is absolutely no reason why these should be hexadecimal, they
are basically implementing a bool.

> Is there even a case where changing from %llu to %0xllx would break things?
> Perhaps with the combination of a old library with a new kernel?

Right, a library or some script that has been written assuming there
is no leading 0x.

Arnd <><
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/