Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750966AbWEITdi (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 May 2006 15:33:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750970AbWEITdi (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 May 2006 15:33:38 -0400 Received: from nommos.sslcatacombnetworking.com ([67.18.224.114]:1529 "EHLO nommos.sslcatacombnetworking.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750965AbWEITdh (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 May 2006 15:33:37 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20060505172847.GC6450@in.ibm.com> References: <20060505172847.GC6450@in.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <2C184B1B-9F70-4175-B90B-A1CC5741A6DE@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: linux kernel mailing list , Greg KH , Morton Andrew Morton Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Kumar Gala Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/6] kconfigurable resources core changes Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 14:33:48 -0500 To: vgoyal@in.ibm.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - nommos.sslcatacombnetworking.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - kernel.crashing.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 982 Lines: 36 On May 5, 2006, at 12:28 PM, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > > o Core changes for Kconfigurable memory and IO resources. By > default resources > are 64bit until chosen to be 32bit. > > o Last time I posted the patches for 64bit memory resources but it > raised > the concerns regarding code bloat on 32bit systems who use 32 bit > resources. > > o This patch-set allows resources to be kconfigurable. > > o I have done cross compilation on i386, x86_64, ppc, powerpc, > sparc, sparc64 > ia64 and alpha. > > Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal > --- [snip] I didn't think the bloat was a big issue based on the numbers you reported. I'd still prefer to see us just move to a 64-bit resource on all systems. - k - 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/