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On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 21:07 -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> > Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:59:54 +1100 > > > If I "fix" the kernel to do the right thing, that is pass BAR values in > > devices and expect BAR values in mmap, then I will break existing X > > setups on machines where PCI is not mapped 1:1 (that is mostly CHRP > > machines). > > > > The problem I'm fixing in this patch is that while we were providing the > > hacked up value in "devices", we were expecting the BAR value in mmap, > > and there are apps expecting us to be consistent between the two, thus > > the breakage. > > Ok, I don't see much alternatives for you then. I have no real > objections to your patch. Thanks. Fortunately, it's all going away soon :-) Ben. - 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/ | ||||||||||||
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