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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 1/6] kconfigurable resources core changes
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On May 5, 2006, at 12:28 PM, Vivek Goyal wrote:

>
>
> o Core changes for Kconfigurable memory and IO resources. By
> default resources
> are 64bit until chosen to be 32bit.
>
> o Last time I posted the patches for 64bit memory resources but it
> raised
> the concerns regarding code bloat on 32bit systems who use 32 bit
> resources.
>
> o This patch-set allows resources to be kconfigurable.
>
> o I have done cross compilation on i386, x86_64, ppc, powerpc,
> sparc, sparc64
> ia64 and alpha.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com>
> ---

[snip]

I didn't think the bloat was a big issue based on the numbers you
reported. I'd still prefer to see us just move to a 64-bit resource
on all systems.

- k

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