Re: 64 bit arithmetic in the kernel

Nat Lanza (magus@cs.cmu.edu)
13 Jul 1999 22:58:18 -0400


Michael Richardson <mcr@solidum.com> writes:

> Is there any easy way to get things like the stuff that it
> is in libgcc1.a into the Linux kernel? I have need for 64/32 integer divide
> (gcc calls __udivdi3).
> This is with 2.2.10, on a Lintel box, and I'm using a module.
>
> I noticed that printk() doesn't have support for 64 bit quantities either.

We got around this by simply linking libgcc into the kernel; it seems
to work okay for 64-bit arithmetic.

Also, patching printk so that it supports 64-bit quantities is pretty
simple; I have a patch against 2.2.3 for that that I'll clean up and
redo for 2.2.10 and then post.

--nat

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