Re: Configure mangles hex values

2005-01-25 Thread Keith Owens
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:25:57 -0800, Nick Pollitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello. I'm thinking that the 0x was stripped for purely cosmetic reasons >rather than anything functional. I had originally thought that the readln >function might need the formatting, but taking a closer look at it n

Re: Configure mangles hex values

2005-01-25 Thread Nick Pollitt
Hello. I'm thinking that the 0x was stripped for purely cosmetic reasons rather than anything functional. I had originally thought that the readln function might need the formatting, but taking a closer look at it now I don't see any need. Nick On Tuesday 25 January 2005 1:20 am, Marcelo Tos

Re: Configure mangles hex values

2005-01-25 Thread Marcelo Tosatti
Hi Nick, Curiosity: What was the reason for stripping the leading 0x? On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 02:41:56PM -0800, Nick Pollitt wrote: > Sorry about previous message. > > The hex function in scripts/Configure strips the leading 0x from hex values. > The 0x needs to be there in autoconf.h, and

Re: Configure mangles hex values

2005-01-24 Thread Nick Pollitt
Sorry about previous message. The hex function in scripts/Configure strips the leading 0x from hex values. The 0x needs to be there in autoconf.h, and stripping it out causes the following problematic scenario: If I start with a hex value in my config file like this: CONFIG_LOWMEM_SIZE=0x4

Configure mangles hex values

2005-01-24 Thread Nick Pollitt