On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 11:00:21AM -0500, Kyle McMartin wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 10:57:54AM -0500, John David Anglin wrote: > > > sadly %p can't work, since void * doesn't hold resource_size_t with > > > CONFIG_RESOURCES_64BIT on 32-bit, since resource_size_t would be ULL, > > > which is why the %p handler would work (although you'd either have to > > > pass &(resource_size_t) or do a bit of ick around the va_args to snatch > > > the correct width instead of just void *). > > > > Sigh, you are right. However, all the warnings apply to addresses, > > so I think the type for these addresses is wrong. I can't really > > imagine a 32-bit kernel running with a 64-bit address space would > > be useful. > > > > Exactly, the config option (in the 64-bit on 32-bit sense) is limited in > utility to PAE on x86, where the physical address space is really > 36-bit, (and they cheat by using double-sized ptes to cram in a 64-bit > address.) Last time I tried to submit a patch to make it automatic in > Kconfig it was met with resounding bikeshedding. > To reiterate though, I'm not at all adverse to making this option just go away on parisc32... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-parisc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
