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List:       xen-devel
Subject:    Re: [Xen-devel] 32/64-bit hypercall interface
From:       Ronald G Minnich <rminnich () lanl ! gov>
Date:       2005-09-30 20:39:24
Message-ID: 433DA27C.5060408 () lanl ! gov
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Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> On Friday 30 September 2005 15:05, Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> 
>>Jimi Xenidis wrote:
>>
>>> KF> When we previously had this, by defining packed structs, there were
>>> KF> plenty of screams that it wasn't ANSI compliant, and that
>>>performance KF> sucks on some architectures.
>>>
>>>Tou use a research term, "thats just ka-ka" :)
>>>Packed in no way solves the problem of selecting the appropriate types.
>>
>>no, it's not ka ka at all. I had huge troubles with plan 9 c and the way
>>that the linux structs were packed via the use of gcc struct packing. I
>>am really glad packed went away.
> 
> 
> I think you misunderstand: Jimi is also glad. Read again: the packed GCC 
> attribute does not solve the problem.
> 

That figures. I am really sorry it's monday.

thanks

ron
p.s. jimix, whereever you may be, I'm sorry.

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