Re: sonypi not for 64bit?
Le dimanche 07 janvier 2007 à 03:21 +0100, Jan Engelhardt a écrit : > Hi sonypi (ex-)maintainers ;-) > > > drivers/char/Kconfig lists SONYPI as being !64BIT, however, there seem > to be sony users with x86_64 [1] around. Indeed, I have had (private) reports about it working on x86_64 too. > Is it just caution (it's also > marked EXPERIMENTAL) or is it definitely known to break on 64bit? Frankly I don't recall anymore. The 64 bit restriction wasn't there from the beginning, it was added by a patch from someone 2 or 3 years ago. git doesn't seem to have the history for that, maybe old bk does... -- Stelian Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 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/
Re: sonypi not for 64bit?
Le dimanche 07 janvier 2007 à 03:21 +0100, Jan Engelhardt a écrit : Hi sonypi (ex-)maintainers ;-) drivers/char/Kconfig lists SONYPI as being !64BIT, however, there seem to be sony users with x86_64 [1] around. Indeed, I have had (private) reports about it working on x86_64 too. Is it just caution (it's also marked EXPERIMENTAL) or is it definitely known to break on 64bit? Frankly I don't recall anymore. The 64 bit restriction wasn't there from the beginning, it was added by a patch from someone 2 or 3 years ago. git doesn't seem to have the history for that, maybe old bk does... -- Stelian Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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/
sonypi not for 64bit?
Hi sonypi (ex-)maintainers ;-) drivers/char/Kconfig lists SONYPI as being !64BIT, however, there seem to be sony users with x86_64 [1] around. Is it just caution (it's also marked EXPERIMENTAL) or is it definitely known to break on 64bit? -`J' [1] (a german forum) http://www.linux-club.de/viewtopic.php?t=74400=sonypi - 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/
sonypi not for 64bit?
Hi sonypi (ex-)maintainers ;-) drivers/char/Kconfig lists SONYPI as being !64BIT, however, there seem to be sony users with x86_64 [1] around. Is it just caution (it's also marked EXPERIMENTAL) or is it definitely known to break on 64bit? -`J' [1] (a german forum) http://www.linux-club.de/viewtopic.php?t=74400highlight=sonypi - 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/
