Re: [PATCH] Introduce BROKEN_ON_64BIT facility

Markus Lidel
2006-10-02T14:19:58Z

Hello,

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
>> Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> writes:
>>> Add a broken-on-64bit option, similar to the existing broken-on-smp
>>> config option. This is just the first pass, marking the obvious
>>> candidates.
>> When I had this problem in the past I just used && !64BIT.
>> How is this new option different?
> Same reason why we have CONFIG_BROKEN_ON_SMP separate from CONFIG_SMP.
>> AFAIK I2O got fixed too. Do you have any evidence that it is really
>> broken on 64bit?
> i2o_config did not. Just read the code, it's obvious...

Although the documentation does say it need fixes, it really doesn't. It
is broken if used with 64-bit DMA addresses, but it does work on 64-bit
systems.

Best regards,

Markus Lidel
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