From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([217.147.92.249]:59402 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753898AbWKGJgy (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 04:36:54 -0500 Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:36:41 +0000 From: Russell King Subject: Re: Which architectures need 64-bit resources? Message-ID: <20061107093641.GA2570@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20061106122337.GK27140@parisc-linux.org> <20061106160206.GA10447@linux-mips.org> <20061106163243.GN27140@parisc-linux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061106163243.GN27140@parisc-linux.org> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Ralf Baechle , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Vivek Goyal List-ID: On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 09:32:43AM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 04:02:06PM +0000, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 05:23:37AM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > > > > + bool "64 bit Memory and IO resources (EXPERIMENTAL)" if (!64BIT && (ARM || X86 || MIPS || PPC) && EXPERIMENTAL) > > > > For MIPS at least it would be needed for a few platforms only, so I'd > > like to do "select RESOURCES_64BIT" as suitable for a platform. in the > > big machine selection menu in arch/mips/Kconfig. > > I don't see why you shouldn't do that anyway ... seems like ARM wants to > do the same thing. In fact, I'd go so far as to say this isn't an option > that users should ever be asked. You can tell by the help text for it: For the ARM bits... Acked-by: Russell King Thanks. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core