Mark Hounschell <dmarkh@cfl.rr.com> writes: > Is it possible to have a function return a 64 bit variable using > > return 64bitvarname > > ????? Hi. That sounds like a question about the C language, but assuming that you only care about gcc (since this is kernelnewbies), why not just check and see? ecashin@marblerye tmp$ cat test.c #include <stdio.h> long long f(void) { long long i = 0x0123456789abcdefLL; return i; } int main(void) { long long i = f(); printf("0x%Lx\n", i); return 0; } ecashin@marblerye tmp$ gcc -W -Wall -g test.c ecashin@marblerye tmp$ ./a.out 0x123456789abcdef ecashin@marblerye tmp$ -- --Ed L Cashin | PGP public key: ecashin@uga.edu | http://noserose.net/e/pgp/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/