[openib-general] Re: [PATCH][0/19] kDAPL: More cleanups in dat.h

[Grant Grundler]

On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 11:20:23AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > The assumption that pointers can be safely cast to and from unsigned
> > long is used all over the Linux kernel.  In other words, use "unsigned
> > long" instead of "uintptr_t".
> > 
> >  - R.
> 
> Right. Its OK because kernel requires gcc.

Well, the kernel requires gcc can be used.
Ie no instrinsics that gcc doesn't understand.
ia64 kernel can be built using icc (Intel) compiler as well.

grant