David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'd make the 'datalen' field 'unsigned int' at the same time. > It will use some of the hole you've made and generate better > code on most arches. Most arches? I though most, if not all, arches had a load-word instruction. Do you want to send me a patch for that? I'd rather not alter this patch at this point. I can pass the additional patch to James for the next merge window. David