On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 07:44:38PM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote: > Christoph Hellwig writes: > > > - the magic CONFIG_COMPAT changes for SHM handles should only be done when > > a module is set. CONFIG_COMPAT is set for mostly 64bit systems that can > > run 32bit code and drm shouldn't behave differently just because we can > > run 32bit code. > > Yes it should - we can have a 64-bit X server and a 32-bit DRI > client. In this case the server will allocate a _DRM_SHM area and > pass the handle to the client, which will then try to mmap the area. > If we give a 64-bit handle to the server the client won't be able to > access the area.
Please make it a module option so it doesn't regress everyone for your specific needs. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
