"David S. Miller" wrote:
> Tom Gall writes:
> > "David S. Miller" wrote:
> >
> > > Looks, ppc64 is really still experimental right?
> >
> > Heck no.
>
> So it is so stable that it isn't even merged into the mainline 2.4.x
> sources? :-)
Heh...
>
> We're talking about a port which doesn't even exist in the mainline
> sources yet.
Just about there...finger crossed, Maintainers willing, etc etc.
> > > Which means it is
> > > 2.5.x material, and 2.5.x has been quoted as being a week or two away.
> >
> > I sure hope that ppc64 is NOT considered 2.5.x material.
>
> No, I'm saying that ppc64 with >=256 physical PCI busses, is 2.5.x
> material.
Well, if that's what we gotta live with, then that's what we gotta live with. Viva la
2.5 then!
> > A real solution would be nice. And if the real solution can ONLY be in 2.5, then
> > is it such a bad idea moving the bus number type to unsigned int for 2.4.x?
>
> Yes, no kludges for 2.4.x
Understood and agreed.
> Look, I do not even feel for you.
>
> I waited patiently for a sane PCI dma architecture so I could support
> >4GB ram on 64-bit PCI systems (sparc64, alpha, etc.). And it was
> worth the wait, most of the important PCI drivers fully use this
> interface, and it was all done properly.
Yeah and I understand and appreciate that just for the matter of the device driver
owners making sure they are inline with the new direction.
>
> Similarly you can wait for 2.5.x for >=256 physical PCI bus support.
> Ok?
Rather not, but if that's the decision, I'm happy to live by it. That why I posted this
as an RFC, and I appreciate everyone's time, patience and feedback.
Regards,
Tom
-- Tom Gall - PPC64 Maintainer "Where's the ka-boom? There was Linux Technology Center supposed to be an earth (w) tom_gall@vnet.ibm.com shattering ka-boom!" (w) 507-253-4558 -- Marvin Martian (h) tgall@rochcivictheatre.org http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/projects/ppc- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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