Re: Removing __kernel_old_uid_t, git_t, dev_t

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert.uytterhoeven@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 15:58, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/types.h b/include/asm-generic/types.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..5841716
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/types.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
> +#ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_TYPES_H
> +#define __ASM_GENERIC_TYPES_H
> +
> +/*
> + * int-ll64 is used on all 32 bit architectures and on x86-64,
> + * so use it as a reasonable default.
> + */
> +#include <asm-generic/int-ll64.h>
> +

Most 64-bit archs have been migrated to ll64 by now.
Alpha, ia64, and mips64 are the remaining exceptions.

> +/*
> + * DMA addresses may be larger than pointers, but not smaller.
> + * Do not define the dma64_addr_t type, which never really
> + * worked.
> + */
> +#if defined(CONFIG_64BIT) || defined(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT)
> +typedef u64 dma_addr_t;
> +#else
> +typedef u32 dma_addr_t;
> +#endif /* 64 bit DMA pointer */

Is there any specific reason why dma_addr_t is in <asm/types.h>, while
phys_addr_t is in
<linux/types.h>?

Furthermore, CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT is used on PPC only. Probably it should be
replaced by CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT, which is always set if CONFIG_64BIT,
so the #ifdef above becomes even simpler?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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