From: "Rémi Hérilier" <rherilier@yahoo.fr>
To: Carlos Corbacho <carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk>
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: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:31:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <477C10AD.7060303@yahoo.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200712222040.14422.carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk>
Carlos Corbacho wrote:
> (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
Yes, in theory, this must segfault on x86-64.
In pratice, there is one laptop where it seems to works (no problem
for 3 weeks). A good reason to find why.
Best regards
Remi Herilier
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-03 0:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-22 20:40 PATCH] adding wistron_btns support for X86_64 systems Carlos Corbacho
2008-01-02 22:31 ` Rémi Hérilier [this message]
2008-01-03 16:21 ` Dmitry Torokhov
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