Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:39:36 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] base: isa: Remove X86_32 dependency |
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On Sun, 21 Feb 2016, William Breathitt Gray wrote:
> 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?
If Greg doesn't pick it up, I'll pull it into x86 later this week
Thanks,
tglx
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