Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] PNPACPI: fix types when decoding ACPI resources [resend] | From | Shaohua Li <> | Date | Wed, 03 Aug 2005 09:01:01 +0800 |
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On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 09:55 -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > Any objections to the patch below? I posted it last Wednesday, > but haven't heard anything. Once we have this fix, 8250_pnp > should have sufficient functionality that we can get rid of > 8250_acpi. > > > > Use types that match the ACPI resource structures. Previously > the u64 value from an RSTYPE_ADDRESS64 was passed as an int, > which corrupts the value. > > This is one of the things that prevents 8250_pnp from working > on HP ia64 boxes. After 8250_pnp works, we will be able to > remove 8250_acpi.c. We might always use 'unsigned long'. Did you have plan to remove other legacy acpi drivers?
Thanks, Shaohua
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