Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:15:03 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] /dev/mem: use phys_addr_t for physical addresses |
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On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 02:05:58PM -0400, Cyril Chemparathy wrote: > This patch fixes the /dev/mem driver to use phys_addr_t for physical > addresses. This is required on PAE systems, especially those that run > entirely out of >4G physical memory space.
What is the symptom if this patch is not applied? Does it need to be backported to older kernels? If so, which ones?
thanks,
greg k-h
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