[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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