Re: How do I printk <type> correctly?

[Johannes Berg]

> u64 SHOULD be printed with %llu/%llx, (unsigned long long):
> 
> 	printk("%llu", (unsigned long long)u64_var);
> 
> s64 SHOULD be printed with %lld/%llx, (long long):
> 
> 	printk("%lld", (long long)s64_var);

out of curiosity, why are there platforms that use an "unsigned long"
for u64? An "unsigned long long" is 64-bits too even on 64-bit
platforms, so why the difference? Are there any differences like
alignment on some platforms?

johannes

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