Hi.. On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 01:22, mohit verma <mohit89mlnc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > that is it mulyadi. but how the compiler or kernel forces the things to get > initialized in that fixed size only independent of the architecture?? well, AFAIK by mapping that new type into native one...for example, let's say I have "u_int", which in turn when this code is compiled for x86 32 bit, it is a typedef of "int". -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies