[parisc-linux] fdisk problems 2.4 <-> 2.6

[John David Anglin]

> Why replace the static inline with a macro?
> static inline provides type checking and
> type "coercion" when it's not exactly right.
> 
> > +       __asm__ __volatile__ (                              \
> > +               "\n1:\tstw\t%2,0(%1)\n"                     \
> > +               "2:\tstw\t%R2,4(%1)\n"                      \
> 
> What is "%R2" intended to be?

"%R2" should cause the second register name of a register pair to
be printed.  It's used for long long support on 32-bit ports.  See
case 'R' in the function print_operand in pa.c.

Dave
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