Re: 64 bit division ..

[Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/13/05, ppunnam@xxxxxxxxxxx <ppunnam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>  Hi,
>       can any one tell me how can we caluculate the 64 bit division in
> user space. I got two __u64 variables, something similar to the
> do_div (asm/div64.h) in kernel.
>

Just do a normal division. If you are using a 64bit architecture with
a 64bit userspace / compiler / toolchain and doing divisions on 64bit
long types, then your compiler should take care of generating the
proper 64bit div's all on its own.


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