Re: [ACPI] Re: [PATCH/RFC] exposing ACPI objects in sysfs

[Andi Kleen]

>    All pointers are actually interpreted as offsets into the buffer for
> this interface.  They are not actually pointers.  I believe the 32bit
> emulation problem is limited to an ILP32 application generating data
> structures appropriate for an LP64 kernel.  While difficult, it can be
> done.

If this involves patching the application - no it cannot be done.
The 64bit kernel is supposed to run vanilla 32bit user land.

Please find some other solution for this. An ioctl doesn't sound that bad.

-Andi
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