Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] base: isa: Remove X86_32 dependency | From | William Breathitt Gray <> | Date | Sun, 21 Feb 2016 23:35:34 -0500 |
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On 01/27/2016 05:07 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jan 2016, William Breathitt Gray wrote: >> Many motherboards utilize a LPC to ISA bridge in order to decode >> ISA-style port-mapped I/O addresses. This is particularly true for >> embedded motherboards supporting the PC/104 bus (a bus specification >> derived from ISA). >> >> These motherboards are now commonly running 64-bit x86 processors. The >> X86_32 dependency should be removed from the ISA bus configuration >> option in order to support these newer motherboards. >> >> A new config option, CONFIG_ISA_BUS, is introduced to allow for the >> compilation of the ISA bus driver independent of the CONFIG_ISA option. >> Devices which communicate via ISA-compatible buses can now be supported >> independent of the dependencies of the CONFIG_ISA option. >> >> Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com> > > Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
What more can I do to help get this patch pulled in for the merge window?
William Breathitt Gray
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