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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Erik Andersen wrote:
> 
> gcc then generates code calling __udivdi3 and __umoddi3.  Since
> the kernel does not provide these, people keep reinventing them.
> Perhaps it is time to kill off do_div and all its little friends
> and simply copy __udivdi3 and __umoddi3 from libgcc.....

No. do_div() does _nothing_ like __udivdi3/__umoddi3.

Read the documentation.


		Linus