Re: [PATCH 00/24] Unify integer type definitions, and add fixed type constructor macros

From: Andreas Schwab
Date: Fri Apr 25 2008 - 03:50:21 EST


Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> This patchset unifies the integer definitions across all the
>> <asm-*/types.h> files, replacing them with two asm-generic files, one
>> for the LL64 model (all 32-bit architectures plus x86-64) and one for
>> the L64 model (all other 64-bit architectures.)
>
> Just a minor nitpick, what about calling them LP32 and LP64, like
> everybody else does?

LP32 wouldn't fit x86-64 (the header has nothing to say about pointer
types, it's all about integer types).

Andreas.

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