Re: [PATCH linux-next] Documentation: Build mic/mpssd only for x86_64

2014-12-05 Thread Dan Streetman
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Ashutosh Dixit wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04 2014 at 07:27:06 PM, Dan Streetman wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Ashutosh Dixit >> wrote: >>> mic/mpssd along with MIC drivers are currently only usable on >>> x86_64. So build mic/mpssd only for x86_64 to avoid

Re: [PATCH linux-next] Documentation: Build mic/mpssd only for x86_64

2014-12-05 Thread Ashutosh Dixit
On Fri, Dec 05 2014 at 08:18:18 AM, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 13:27:29 -0800 > Ashutosh Dixit wrote: > >> mic/mpssd along with MIC drivers are currently only usable on >> x86_64. So build mic/mpssd only for x86_64 to avoid build breaks on >> big-endian systems. > > I can

Re: [PATCH linux-next] Documentation: Build mic/mpssd only for x86_64

2014-12-05 Thread Ashutosh Dixit
On Fri, Dec 05 2014 at 08:18:18 AM, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 13:27:29 -0800 > Ashutosh Dixit wrote: > >> mic/mpssd along with MIC drivers are currently only usable on >> x86_64. So build mic/mpssd only for x86_64 to avoid build breaks on >> big-endian systems. > > I can

Re: [PATCH linux-next] Documentation: Build mic/mpssd only for x86_64

2014-12-05 Thread Ashutosh Dixit
On Thu, Dec 04 2014 at 07:27:06 PM, Dan Streetman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Ashutosh Dixit > wrote: >> mic/mpssd along with MIC drivers are currently only usable on >> x86_64. So build mic/mpssd only for x86_64 to avoid build breaks on >> big-endian systems. > > Only building for

Re: [PATCH linux-next] Documentation: Build mic/mpssd only for x86_64

2014-12-05 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 13:27:29 -0800 Ashutosh Dixit wrote: > mic/mpssd along with MIC drivers are currently only usable on > x86_64. So build mic/mpssd only for x86_64 to avoid build breaks on > big-endian systems. I can certainly apply this. But it seems to me that this kind of code doesn't

Re: [PATCH linux-next] Documentation: Build mic/mpssd only for x86_64

2014-12-05 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 13:27:29 -0800 Ashutosh Dixit ashutosh.di...@intel.com wrote: mic/mpssd along with MIC drivers are currently only usable on x86_64. So build mic/mpssd only for x86_64 to avoid build breaks on big-endian systems. I can certainly apply this. But it seems to me that this

Re: [PATCH linux-next] Documentation: Build mic/mpssd only for x86_64

2014-12-05 Thread Ashutosh Dixit
On Thu, Dec 04 2014 at 07:27:06 PM, Dan Streetman ddstr...@ieee.org wrote: On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Ashutosh Dixit ashutosh.di...@intel.com wrote: mic/mpssd along with MIC drivers are currently only usable on x86_64. So build mic/mpssd only for x86_64 to avoid build breaks on

Re: [PATCH linux-next] Documentation: Build mic/mpssd only for x86_64

2014-12-05 Thread Ashutosh Dixit
On Fri, Dec 05 2014 at 08:18:18 AM, Jonathan Corbet cor...@lwn.net wrote: On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 13:27:29 -0800 Ashutosh Dixit ashutosh.di...@intel.com wrote: mic/mpssd along with MIC drivers are currently only usable on x86_64. So build mic/mpssd only for x86_64 to avoid build breaks on

Re: [PATCH linux-next] Documentation: Build mic/mpssd only for x86_64

2014-12-05 Thread Ashutosh Dixit
On Fri, Dec 05 2014 at 08:18:18 AM, Jonathan Corbet cor...@lwn.net wrote: On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 13:27:29 -0800 Ashutosh Dixit ashutosh.di...@intel.com wrote: mic/mpssd along with MIC drivers are currently only usable on x86_64. So build mic/mpssd only for x86_64 to avoid build breaks on

Re: [PATCH linux-next] Documentation: Build mic/mpssd only for x86_64

2014-12-05 Thread Dan Streetman
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Ashutosh Dixit ashutosh.di...@intel.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 04 2014 at 07:27:06 PM, Dan Streetman ddstr...@ieee.org wrote: On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Ashutosh Dixit ashutosh.di...@intel.com wrote: mic/mpssd along with MIC drivers are currently only usable

Re: [PATCH linux-next] Documentation: Build mic/mpssd only for x86_64

2014-12-04 Thread Dan Streetman
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Ashutosh Dixit wrote: > mic/mpssd along with MIC drivers are currently only usable on > x86_64. So build mic/mpssd only for x86_64 to avoid build breaks on > big-endian systems. Only building for x86_64 is fine, but in that case what's the point of leaving the

[PATCH linux-next] Documentation: Build mic/mpssd only for x86_64

2014-12-04 Thread Ashutosh Dixit
mic/mpssd along with MIC drivers are currently only usable on x86_64. So build mic/mpssd only for x86_64 to avoid build breaks on big-endian systems. Reported-by: Daniel Borkmann Reported-by: Dan Streetman Suggested-by: Peter Foley Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Dixit ---

[PATCH linux-next] Documentation: Build mic/mpssd only for x86_64

2014-12-04 Thread Ashutosh Dixit
mic/mpssd along with MIC drivers are currently only usable on x86_64. So build mic/mpssd only for x86_64 to avoid build breaks on big-endian systems. Reported-by: Daniel Borkmann dbork...@redhat.com Reported-by: Dan Streetman ddstr...@gmail.com Suggested-by: Peter Foley pefol...@pefoley.com

Re: [PATCH linux-next] Documentation: Build mic/mpssd only for x86_64

2014-12-04 Thread Dan Streetman
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Ashutosh Dixit ashutosh.di...@intel.com wrote: mic/mpssd along with MIC drivers are currently only usable on x86_64. So build mic/mpssd only for x86_64 to avoid build breaks on big-endian systems. Only building for x86_64 is fine, but in that case what's the