On 12/18/05, pradeep singh <2500.pradeep@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > what is the difference betwenn __ALIGN and __ALIGN_STR macros? > i read that __ALIGN_STR is the string version of __ALIGN and does the > same job as __ALIGN . > i want to know in what sense they are actually diffrent? > what are the limitations of __ALIGN which __ALIGN_STR overcomes? > What I can understand by looking at two macros is: __ALIGN is actually can be used where there exists only variables (or int/long etc) but __ALIGN_STR is actually doing the same thing as __ALIGN but it expands to the string format and can be used where the need of string is required. See arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c for its usage (http://lxr.linux.no/source/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c#L104) ..... (CMIIW) -- Fawad Lateef -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
