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Subject: Re: programming question: u_char vs. uint32_t
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Andrew wrote this message on Thu, May 04, 2006 at 19:57 -0500:
> 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?

You're confusing the type of the pointer w/ a pointer...  These are
correct, please read a basic intro to pointers in C...

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