--- Tadeusz Andrzej Kadłubowski <yess@hell.org.pl> wrote: >On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 11:52:03AM -0800, Jose Luis Alarcon wrote: >> Hi all. >> >> I am trying compile a module that contains this line: >> >> printk("Device: %d.%d\n", inode->i_rdev >> 8, inode->i_rdev & 0xFF); >> >> and the result is that gcc 3.2.1 says that '>>' and '&' are wrong operators for >> the binary. Why? > >My guess: >i_rdev in inode structure is of type kdev_t, which is defined in >include/linux/kdev_t.h and contains one member - unsigned short value. Maybe >try shifting/bitwise anding not on the structure, but on that particular member >of the structure. >Then if inode is a pointer to the inode struct, then it would be something >like: > >printk("Device: %d.%d\n", (inode->i_rdev).value >> 8, (inode->i_rdev) & 0xff); > >This guess obviously may occur wrong. Please tell, if it worked. >-- >tadeusz a. kadlubowski > Hi Tadeusz, and thanks for your answer. Your proposed line: printk("Device: %d.%d\n", (inode->i_rdev).value >> 8, (inode->i_rdev) & 0xff); gets solve the problem for '>>' but not for '&'. I paste here down the output: chardev.c:91: wrong operators for the binary & Why gcc think that & is a binary?. I suppose Ori Pomerantz use '>>' and '&' like bits level operators. Thanks you, very much. Regards. Jose. Debian GNU/Linux 'Sid' Kernel 2.4.19 Ext3. ESware Linux 365 Kernel 2.5.49 ReiserFS. Registered Linux User #213309. Memories..... You are talking about memories. Rick Deckard. Blade Runner. _____________________________________________________________ Get your own free tiggerfan.com email address!! DisneySites!! - http://www.disneysites.com/webmail/tiggerfan _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get you@yourchoice.com w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/