From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:09:18 +0000 Subject: Re: megaraid warnings Message-Id: <20040217200918.GD11824@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> List-Id: References: <16434.28509.327706.76307@napali.hpl.hp.com> In-Reply-To: <16434.28509.327706.76307@napali.hpl.hp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 12:08:22PM -0800, David Mosberger wrote: > >>>>> On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:58:47 +0000, Matthew Wilcox said: > > Matthew> This keeps coming up on linux-scsi; basically these are > Matthew> ioctls that are called by some binary-only (and > Matthew> x86-binary-only at that) management program. so if they > Matthew> want to ship an ia64 version of their management program, > Matthew> they'll have to fix this; otherwise the addresses are > Matthew> guaranteed to be in the lower 32 bits of the address space. > > Then why not disable the offending code for 64-bit platforms for the > time being? Because it works when the x86 app is run in emulation. -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain