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From: Carlos Corbacho <carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk>
To: "Rémi Hérilier" <rherilier@yahoo.fr>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dtor@mail.ru, linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PATCH] adding wistron_btns support for X86_64 systems.
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:40:13 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200712222040.14422.carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk> (raw)

(CC'ing linux-input, as that is the relevant subsystem list for wistron-btns).

Rémi Hérilier wrote:
> To use my previous patch (wistron_btns support for fujitsu-siemens amilo
> pro edition v3505) with my laptop, I need to make the wistron module
> compile for x86_64. It is based on Linux 2.4.24-rc4 too.

NAK.

You cannot make 32 bit BIOS calls in a 64 bit OS.

This will (and does) segfault on x86-64 (tested on my Aspire 5020, where  
call_bios wistron-btns just segfaults on x86-64 with this patch).

This is a known issue, and the reason why wistron-btns (and the out-of-tree 
acerhk) have not been ported to x86-64.

-Carlos
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             reply	other threads:[~2007-12-22 20:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-22 20:40 Carlos Corbacho [this message]
2008-01-02 22:31 ` PATCH] adding wistron_btns support for X86_64 systems Rémi Hérilier
2008-01-03 16:21   ` Dmitry Torokhov

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