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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Wolfgang Grandegger  <public-wg-5Yr1BZd7O62+XT7JhA+gdA@plane.gmane.org>
Cc: public-x86-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@plane.gmane.org,
	SocketCAN Core Mailing List 
	<public-socketcan-core-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@plane.gmane.org>,
	Willy Lambert 
	<public-lambert.willy-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@plane.gmane.org>,
	LKML <public-linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@plane.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: permit to configure ISA support also for x86_64 systems
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:33:32 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2y5xodsn7.fsf@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E731565.5050307@grandegger.com> (Wolfgang Grandegger's message of "Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:22:45 +0200")



Wolfgang Grandegger <wg-5Yr1BZd7O62+XT7JhA+gdA@public.gmane.org> writes:

> There are 64-bit systems out there, like the ATOM N450, which
> have ISA slots. This patch is necessary to get the "sja1000_isa"
> Socket-CAN driver working on such systems.

Really bad idea.

You'll get a zillion non 64bit safe unmaintained old ISA 
drivers then, a non trivial percentage of them will likely 
explode when just loaded. 

Not to speak of the warning load at allyesconfig builds.

Maybe define a ISA_64 or so.

But it's really a bad idea.

-Andi

-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only


      parent reply	other threads:[~2011-09-16 22:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-16  9:22 [PATCH] x86_64: permit to configure ISA support also for x86_64 systems Wolfgang Grandegger
2011-09-16 19:19 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-09-16 19:31   ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2011-09-20 15:47     ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-21  8:33       ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2011-09-21  9:24         ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-21 22:13           ` Andi Kleen
2011-09-22  6:43           ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2011-09-22 14:20             ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-22 14:57               ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2011-09-18 23:19   ` Calvin Walton
2011-09-16 22:33 ` Andi Kleen [this message]

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