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64-bit division on 32-bit arch - where's the compiler error?

64-bit division on 32-bit arch - where's the compiler error?

Posted Aug 28, 2011 20:25 UTC (Sun) by robbe (guest, #16131)
In reply to: 64-bit division on 32-bit arch - where's the compiler error? by giraffedata
Parent article: Quotes of the week

Same here. I'm with pr1268 in assuming that some arch other than i386 is involved. The original mail on the btrfs list unfortunately only mentioned a "32bit box".

Or does the kernel use some compiler flags that forbid the use of the simple two shift instructions?


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