Re: Question about /proc/ide

Guest section DW (dwguest@win.tue.nl)
Thu, 14 Oct 1999 21:12:38 +0200 (MET DST)


> shouldn't that be %u instead of %d?

The year after %d overflows by turning negative, the %u
will overflow as well. So using %d will give us advance warning
that soon drive->bios_cyl requires a long long. Maybe in 2020.

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