On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 07:21:36AM -0700, Kirk True wrote: > x86 platform, why can't 32-bit memory addresses be represented with only an > int instead? Or is this just to have to change less code for 64-bit > architectures? Exactly, less code changes for multiple platform support. Of course, if the kernel is ever ported to a machine where unsigned long doesn't match the address space of a process, there is going to be some problems.. -- "Nothing says, 'Superpower' like bombing a country that is poor and hungry." -- Ken Brush
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