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Bruce_Leonard@selinc.com wrote:
> This could end up going a long way.  Plus, I know there are a couple of 
> drivers that make use of this field and I expect that if I make this 
> change, I'll be responsible for makeing the changes to the drivers. 
> However, I can't test those changes since I don't have the HW.  How is 
> that going to be received by the community and the maintainers of those 
> drivers?

I would suggest making 64-bit size support a config option and not touching
any code you don't have to for your device.

This reduces the amount of work you have to do and leaves 32-bit people
unaffected.