From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>, vgoyal@in.ibm.com
Cc: Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/16] 64bit Resource: finally enable 64bit resource sizes
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:35:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060614233507.GA23629@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0606141417430.1886@pademelon.sonytel.be>
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 02:20:06PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Greg KH wrote:
> > From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> >
> > Introduce the Kconfig entry and actually switch to a 64bit value, if
> > wanted, for resource_size_t.
>
> > diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
> > index 805b81f..22dcaa5 100644
> > --- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
> > @@ -368,6 +368,13 @@ config 060_WRITETHROUGH
> >
> > source "mm/Kconfig"
> >
> > +config RESOURCES_32BIT
> > + bool "32 bit Memory and IO resources (EXPERIMENTAL)"
> > + depends on EXPERIMENTAL
> > + help
> > + By default resources are 64 bit. This option allows memory and IO
> > + resources to be 32 bit to optimize code size.
> > +
> > endmenu
>
> Why is the default 64 bit? Because 32 bit became experimental?
That's a really good question. Vivek, why did you change it to be this
way? In thinking about it some more, this should be a 64bit option
instead.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-14 23:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-13 0:30 Reworked 64bit resource patches Greg KH
2006-06-13 0:31 ` [PATCH 01/16] 64bit resource: C99 changes for struct resource declarations Greg KH
2006-06-13 0:31 ` [PATCH 02/16] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in sound drivers Greg KH
2006-06-13 0:31 ` [PATCH 03/16] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in networks drivers Greg KH
2006-06-13 0:31 ` [PATCH 04/16] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in pci core and hotplug drivers Greg KH
2006-06-13 0:31 ` [PATCH 05/16] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in mtd drivers Greg KH
2006-06-13 0:31 ` [PATCH 06/16] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in ide drivers Greg KH
2006-06-13 0:31 ` [PATCH 07/16] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in video drivers Greg KH
2006-06-13 0:31 ` [PATCH 08/16] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in pcmcia drivers Greg KH
2006-06-13 0:31 ` [PATCH 09/16] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in arch and core code Greg KH
2006-06-13 0:31 ` [PATCH 10/16] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in misc drivers Greg KH
2006-06-13 0:31 ` [PATCH 11/16] 64bit resource: introduce resource_size_t for the start and end of struct resource Greg KH
2006-06-13 0:31 ` [PATCH 12/16] 64bit resource: change resource core to use resource_size_t Greg KH
2006-06-13 0:31 ` [PATCH 15/16] 64bit resource: change pci core and arch code " Greg KH
2006-06-13 0:31 ` [PATCH 14/16] 64bit resource: change pnp core " Greg KH
2006-06-13 0:31 ` [PATCH 15/16] 64bit Resource: convert a few remaining drivers to use resource_size_t where needed Greg KH
2006-06-13 0:31 ` [PATCH 16/16] 64bit Resource: finally enable 64bit resource sizes Greg KH
2006-06-14 12:20 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2006-06-14 23:35 ` Greg KH [this message]
2006-06-15 4:28 ` Vivek Goyal
2006-06-15 11:47 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2006-06-15 15:56 ` Vivek Goyal
2006-06-16 1:35 ` Greg KH
2006-06-16 20:16 ` Vivek Goyal
2006-06-17 14:34 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2006-06-18 18:05 ` Vivek Goyal
2006-06-19 8:05 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2006-06-19 10:17 ` Roman Zippel
2006-06-19 11:08 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2006-06-19 11:34 ` Roman Zippel
2006-06-19 11:45 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2006-06-19 13:57 ` Vivek Goyal
2006-06-13 16:24 ` [PATCH 03/16] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in networks drivers Jesse Brandeburg
2006-06-13 16:30 ` Greg KH
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