[syslinux] boot... round 2

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Thu Jul 2 12:40:30 PDT 2015


On 07/02/2015 12:06 PM, Thomas Schmitt via Syslinux wrote:
> 
> Well, "char" zapps the characters above (unsigned char) 127.
> But why does the gcc version have an influence ?
> (C does not specify the signedness of char, but i never saw
>  a compiler which represented char other than as signed char.)
> 

... on x86.  It is actually ABI specific.  On PowerPC (I think)
"unsigned char" is the default.  gcc does have an -funsigned-char option.

	-hpa




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