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DateSat, 22 Mar 2008 14:59:55 -0700
From"H. Peter Anvin" <>
SubjectRe: ohci1394 problem (MMIO broken) (was 2.6.25-rc6-git6: Reported regressions from 2.6.24)
Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> Ingo/Thomas - should ioremap*() perhaps take "resource_size_t" or a "u64" 
> for the address (and then "__ioremap()" should probably take a PFN, not a 
> physical address, and that one can remain just a "unsigned long"?)
> 

resource_size_t seems to make sense here.  In the case when we have 
64-bit resources but no PAE support we should error our when the 
resource is out of range rather than silently fail.

> Has anybody ever had a working 64-bit BAR on x86? Ivan? Maybe I'm missing 
> something..

64-bit BAR, certainly.  64-bit BAR with a value beyond 4 GB I would find 
questionable at best... I suspect the answer is "no".

	-hpa


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