Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751072AbWEIUDM (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 May 2006 16:03:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751073AbWEIUDM (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 May 2006 16:03:12 -0400 Received: from e36.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.154]:30927 "EHLO e36.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751057AbWEIUDL (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 May 2006 16:03:11 -0400 Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 16:03:01 -0400 From: Vivek Goyal To: Kumar Gala Cc: linux kernel mailing list , Greg KH , Morton Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/6] kconfigurable resources core changes Message-ID: <20060509200301.GA15891@in.ibm.com> Reply-To: vgoyal@in.ibm.com References: <20060505172847.GC6450@in.ibm.com> <2C184B1B-9F70-4175-B90B-A1CC5741A6DE@kernel.crashing.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2C184B1B-9F70-4175-B90B-A1CC5741A6DE@kernel.crashing.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1429 Lines: 46 On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 02:33:48PM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote: > > 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. I had also thought that bloat was not a big issue but Andrew thinks otherwise. Here is the link to the thread. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114626907106986&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114635425606186&w=2 In the latest patches, 64bit resources are default but one can force these to be 32bit. Thanks Vivek - 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/