Re: CVS commit: src/sys/kern

[Juergen Hannken-Illjes <hannken%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 11:42:43PM +1000, matthew green wrote:
> 
>    
>    Module Name:       src
>    Committed By:      hannken
>    Date:              Thu Aug 12 12:15:21 UTC 2004
>    
>    Modified Files:
>       src/sys/kern: kern_microtime.c
>    
>    Log Message:
>    Make it compile again for sparc64/DIAGNOSTIC.
>    
>    All archs should use `cpuid_t ci_cpuid' ...
> 
> 
> hmmm cpuid_t is a u_long -- why does sparc64 need to use a 64bit
> int for this instead of a 32 bit one?  that seems wasteful.  (it
> currently just uses 'int'.)

Because we dont need casts in printf's. If all archs use ci_cpuid
as an index, "typedef u_int cpuid_t" leaves space
for approx. 4.000.000.000 cpus.

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Jürgen Hannken-Illjes - hannken%netbsd.org@localhost