Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:53:11 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] Globally defining phys_addr_t |
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* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> wrote:
> Hi Ingo, > > This is a repost of a little 3-patch series which Andrew has been > carrying in -mm. It cleans up the definition of phys_addr_t to make > it kernel-wide rather than x86-specific, and fixes up PFN_PHYS() to > use it to avoid address truncation. > > We currently have a few workarounds for this problem in the tree, but > Alex found another bug caused by PFN_PHYS(), so it's probably better > if you bring these patches into tip.git for now. > > PowerPC also defines a phys_addr_t with the same meaning as x86; the > powerpc arch maintainers are happy with these patches.
Andrew, are you fine with that approach too?
Also, i dont see Andrew's signoffs in the patches, and that's the true path of these patches which should be preserved: you => -mm => -tip.
Ingo
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