Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750882AbWERGNc (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 May 2006 02:13:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750843AbWERGNc (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 May 2006 02:13:32 -0400 Received: from smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.208]:14215 "HELO smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750796AbWERGNc (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 May 2006 02:13:32 -0400 Message-ID: <446C10B0.6060602@sbcglobal.net> Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 01:14:08 -0500 From: Matthew Frost Reply-To: artusemrys@sbcglobal.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060420) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Morton CC: vgoyal@in.ibm.com, galak@kernel.crashing.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@suse.de Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/6] kconfigurable resources core changes References: <20060505172847.GC6450@in.ibm.com> <2C184B1B-9F70-4175-B90B-A1CC5741A6DE@kernel.crashing.org> <20060509200301.GA15891@in.ibm.com> <446C03F4.20508@sbcglobal.net> <20060517224334.7d2bb5eb.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20060517224334.7d2bb5eb.akpm@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 871 Lines: 24 Andrew Morton wrote: > Matthew Frost wrote: >> This may sound like a dumb question, but aside from code bloat, what are >> the performance issues involved in running 64-bit resources on 32-bit >> systems? > > Unmeasurably minor, I expect. Noted, with thanks. > > No sane software project would take on this (small) maintenance burden just > to save 50-60 kbytes. We would though. I'm aware of that, and I'm not complaining. :) It's one of the things I love about this project. It's a healthy insanity, enforced by the squeaking of the wheels. Besides, code bloat is cumulative. Matt - 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/