Egbert Eich writes: > Exactly. If we want 32 and 64-bit pices to work together we need 32bit > handles. If you pass a 64bit handle to a 32-bit client it's useless > as mmap() cannot deal with a value in offset that doesn't fit into > 32 bit. - at least unless we set -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64. However this > may have other undesireable side effects. > If we abandon the idea that handles might be real physical addresses > then we can use handles that fit into 32 bit
My point is that if we are going to use 32-bit handles, we have to convert handles to 32 bits for 64-bit processes as well as 32-bit processes. I don't see your patch doing that. Paul. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
