x86, hpet: Simplify the HPET code
authorJan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com>
Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:44:24 +0000 (08:44 +0100)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:55:25 +0000 (21:55 +0200)
On 64-bits, using unsigned long when unsigned int suffices
needlessly creates larger code (due to the need for REX
prefixes), and most of the logic in hpet.c really doesn't need
64-bit operations.

At once this avoids the need for a couple of type casts.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Cc: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
Cc: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <4A8BC9780200007800010832@vpn.id2.novell.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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