Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264493AbTEJT5z (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 May 2003 15:57:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264492AbTEJT5z (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 May 2003 15:57:55 -0400 Received: from imladris.demon.co.uk ([193.237.130.41]:9856 "EHLO lapdancer.baythorne.internal") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264490AbTEJT5t (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 May 2003 15:57:49 -0400 Subject: Re: hammer: MAP_32BIT From: David Woodhouse To: Andi Kleen Cc: Ulrich Drepper , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20030510014803.GA16407@averell> References: <3EBB5A44.7070704@redhat.com> <20030509092026.GA11012@averell> <3EBBE7E2.1070500@redhat.com> <20030510014803.GA16407@averell> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1052597418.1881.2.camel@lapdancer.baythorne.internal> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5.dwmw2) Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 21:10:19 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 820 Lines: 23 On Sat, 2003-05-10 at 02:48, Andi Kleen wrote: > > Oh, and please rename MAP_32BIT to MAP_31BIT. This will save nerves on > > all sides. > > I bet changing it will cost more nerves in supporting all these people > whose software doesn't compile anymore. And it's not really a lie. 2GB > is 32bit too. If that's _really_ an issue, then also provide MAP_32BIT which does what its name implies. Anyone who was using MAP_32BIT in the knowledge that it really limits to 31 bits gets the breakage they deserve for not reporting and fixing the problem at the time. -- dwmw2 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/