Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261885AbVEKFDI (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2005 01:03:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261881AbVEKFDH (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2005 01:03:07 -0400 Received: from picard.ine.co.th ([203.152.41.3]:3775 "EHLO picard.ine.co.th") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261742AbVEKFDB (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2005 01:03:01 -0400 Subject: Re: kernel (64bit) 4GB memory support From: Rudolf Usselmann Reply-To: rudi@asics.ws To: Lee Revell Cc: Lennart Sorensen , Zwane Mwaikambo , "Frank Denis (Jedi/Sector One)" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik In-Reply-To: <1115755412.14061.12.camel@mindpipe> References: <1103027130.3650.73.camel@cpu0> <20041216074905.GA2417@c9x.org> <1103213359.31392.71.camel@cpu0> <1103646195.3652.196.camel@cpu0> <1103647158.3659.199.camel@cpu0> <1115654185.3296.658.camel@cpu10> <20050509200721.GE2297@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <1115754522.4409.16.camel@cpu10> <1115755412.14061.12.camel@mindpipe> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: ASICS.ws - Solutions for your ASICS & FPGA needs - Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 12:02:55 +0700 Message-Id: <1115787775.4412.58.camel@cpu10> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1404 Lines: 39 On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 16:03 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 02:48 +0700, Rudolf Usselmann wrote: > > All my problems started when I "upgraded" to x86_64 ... > > > > And you are surprised by this? > > I don't know why so many users buy an arch that didn't exist two years > ago and expect it to be 100% as reliable as 32 bit i386 which has been > around for 20 plus years. I see tons of bug reports where people don't > bother to mention that "oh, btw this is a mixed 32/64 bit environment" > or whatever. > > When you make the choice to live on the bleeding edge, these things will > happen. If you don't like filling out bug reports stick with a 32 bit > machine ;-) > > Lee Hi Lee, no I am not surprised ! But, hey, if nobody tries, we will never debug it, right ?! ;*) I did fill out a bug report several month ago (and did not mind it), I was just following up because I didn't hear anything about it in quite sometime ! Best Regards, rudi ============================================================= Rudolf Usselmann, ASICS World Services, http://www.asics.ws Your Partner for IP Cores, Design, Verification and Synthesis - 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/