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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: size of data_segs_[in|out] and segs_[in|out]
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2016 16:02:45 -0700 (PDT)
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From: rapier <rapier@psc.edu>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 18:02:29 -0400

> As such, would it be feasible to define these instruments as 64bit
> instead of 32bit? If so, a cursory look at the code seems to indicate
> that this would only require a change in the header files.

It would break every application looking at these datastructures
right now.