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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 09:39:03 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
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On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 08:52:08AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Günter,
> 
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 5:18 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
> > The underlying problem is that the code uses a pointer to store the physical
> > address. That doesn't work if sizeof(pointer) < sizeof(physical address),
> > which affects systems with X86_PAE enabled. I have not seen the problem
> > anywhere else.
> 
> I could reproduce the build issue on ARM, with CONFIG_ARM_LPAE=y,
> which is not enabled by allmodconfig.

So does that mean this patch is incorrect?

confused,

greg k-h