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SubjectRe: [Linux-ia64] Proper fix for sym53c8xx_2 driver and dma64_addr_t
On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 01:44:06PM -0800, David Mosberger wrote:
> Christoph> IA64 needs to define dma64_addr_t.
>
> Not before the driver writers understand when to use it.

Architecture maintainers are not supposed to decide whether driver
writers understand APIs. The dma64_addr_t type is part of the PCI
DMA interface and IA64 needs to defines it.

Linus, could you please accept the below patch to define dma64_addr_t
on IA64?

Christoph

--
Of course it doesn't work. We've performed a software upgrade.

Index: include/asm-ia64/types.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /vger/linux/include/asm-ia64/types.h,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -u -r1.3 types.h
--- include/asm-ia64/types.h 22 Apr 2000 00:45:18 -0000 1.3
+++ include/asm-ia64/types.h 6 Feb 2002 08:24:24 -0000
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
/* DMA addresses are 64-bits wide, in general. */

typedef u64 dma_addr_t;
+typedef u64 dma64_addr_t;

# endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
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