Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262060AbVCIQJe (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:09:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261948AbVCIQFa (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:05:30 -0500 Received: from mail0.lsil.com ([147.145.40.20]:36760 "EHLO mail0.lsil.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261652AbVCIQCR (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:02:17 -0500 Message-ID: <0E3FA95632D6D047BA649F95DAB60E570230CC1E@exa-atlanta> From: "Bagalkote, Sreenivas" To: "'Arjan van de Ven'" , "Bagalkote, Sreenivas" Cc: "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" , "'linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org'" , "'James Bottomley'" , "'Matt_Domsch@Dell.com'" , Andrew Morton , "'Christoph Hellwig'" Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCE][PATCH 2.6.11 2/3] megaraid_sas: Announcing new mod ule for LSI Logic's SAS based MegaRAID controllers Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:01:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 612 Lines: 16 > >> . And since this is compile time >> system-wide property, I kept it as driver global. > >that step I don't understand... why is it a global *VARIABLE* if it's >compile time system-wide property... > I see your point! Are you saying I should use if(sizeof(dma_addr_t)==8) instead of the shortcut if(is_dma64)? Are you thinking of "const" modifier? Please advice. - 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/