Subject: Re: [PATCH] pktgen: sprintf arg type warning

From: Sam Leffler <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 10:30:09 -0700

David S. Miller wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 20:30:27 -0700
> "Randy.Dunlap" <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Fix sprintf arg type error (gcc 3.3.3), although it looks more like
>>a gcc problem than a kernel source code problem to me.
>>Doesn't matter on x86-32.  Fixes a warning on x86-64.
>>
>>net/core/pktgen.c:607: warning: long long unsigned int format, long unsigned int arg (arg 4)
> 
> 
> This won't fix the problem on sparc64 where u64 is an "unsigned long"
> So, just cast the thing to the type gcc wants "unsigned long long"
> 

Other systems have addressed this problem by extending printf with 
portable %formats.

	Sam