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Re: [Xen-devel] RFC: vaddr_t and vsize_t

To: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] RFC: vaddr_t and vsize_t
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:31:38 +0000
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On 18/1/07 7:13 am, "Christoph Egger" <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>> I suppose I don't mind vaddr_t being defined and people using it if they
>> want to. At least it is probably clearer that translation to/from char* or
>> long to do pointer arithmetic. However, I'm less sure about a wholesale
>> conversion of Xen away from use of 'unsigned long'.
> 
> Ok. I will prepare a patch. Someone has to make the start. :-)

Start with a small patch and let's see how it goes.

 -- Keir



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