Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 9 May 2006 16:03:01 -0400 | From | Vivek Goyal <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/6] kconfigurable resources core changes |
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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 <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> > >--- > > [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.
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