From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965034AbWFNXfM (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:35:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965035AbWFNXfM (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:35:12 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:55475 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965034AbWFNXfL (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:35:11 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:35:07 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Geert Uytterhoeven , vgoyal@in.ibm.com Cc: Linux Kernel Development , Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/16] 64bit Resource: finally enable 64bit resource sizes Message-ID: <20060614233507.GA23629@kroah.com> References: <11501587043722-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11501587082203-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11501587122736-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11501587153872-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11501587193060-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11501587223213-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11501587273612-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11501587303683-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11501587343689-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 > > > > 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