On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Dan Gora <dan.g...@gmail.com> wrote: [...] >> I only noticed this because you changed data from unsigned long to unsigned >> int. > > yes because the structure is only 3 bytes long. Recall that a long is > 8 bytes on 64 bit machines. An unsigned int is always 4 bytes (unless > we're talking about 16 or 8 bit processors here, which we're not...). > Longs (unsigned or not) should really be avoided unless you're really > prepared to deal with them being different sizes or 32 or 64 bit > machines. >
Why don't you use int types from "<stdint.h>" that I don't understand. Is there something wrong about it? Because you'd have equally sized integers no matter what platform you're currently running at. This was, actually, one of comments/questions/suggestions I had about posted patches. Regards, Z. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Own the Future-Intel® Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel_levelupd2d _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
