Re: [Linux-ia64] Proper fix for sym53c8xx_2 driver and dma64_addr_t

David Mosberger
2002-02-05T21:44:06Z

>>>>> On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 22:38:04 +0100, Christoph Hellwig <hch@caldera.de> said:

Christoph> On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 12:43:17PM -0800, Michael Madore
Christoph> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Back in early december, it was brought up that eh sym53c8xx_2
>> driver makes use of dma64_addr_t, which is not defined on IA64.
>> I got the impression that it was the driver that needed to be
>> modified to correct the problem, but I don't recall seeing a
>> specific solution. I was going to simply replace dma64_addr_t
>> with u64 in sym_glue.c for now. Is there a better way?

Christoph> IA64 needs to define dma64_addr_t.

Not before the driver writers understand when to use it.

--david