Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 19:57:49 -0500 From: Andrew <andrew.chace@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: programming question: u_char vs. uint32_t Message-ID: <1146790669.3352.38.camel@LatitudeFC5.network>
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Hello all, I'm reading through /usr/src/sys/dd/dd.h, and I noticed the following lines: 39 u_char *db; /* buffer address */ 40 u_char *dbp; /* current buffer I/O address */ Why was u_char used instead of uint32_t? Aren't pointers always 32 bits on a 32 bit machine? Thanks, Andrew
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