[openbeos] Re: driver dprintf question

Alexander G.M. Smith wrote:
> There's also quad word, %qd, which works in UserLand x86 for 64
> bit numbers, but not in Kernel land.

Don't forget the Intel versus PPC distinction as well!  I've never written
kernel-space code, but in userland x86, "%lld" or "%Ld" both work equally
well, but on PPC you can only use "%Ld".  No doubt due to differences
between gcc and the Metrowerks compiler.

It seems odd to me that the kernel-land dprintf() sounds so limited.  Why no
floating point?  Couldn't they just transplant the sprintf() code from the
gcc runtime library into the kernel?  Is it a licensing issue?

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