Re: radeon warning on 64-bit platforms

[David Mosberger]

>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 10:48:49 +1100, Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx> said:

  Anton> A small thing, could the comment be constrained to 80
  Anton> columns? :)

I don't really see the point of that, given that pretty much all
existing Linux source code is formatted for 100 columns.  I don't feel
strongly about it, however, so I changed it.

>>>>> On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:53:05 -0800 (PST), Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> said:

  Linus> How about this alternate edited one that gets indentation
  Linus> right and is more explicit about what's going on? Does this
  Linus> work for you?

Fine by me.

>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:44:16 +0100, Michel Dänzer <michel@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:

  Michel> looks good to me, except for a detail:

  >> + * Michael Dänzer, the ioctl() is only used on embedded
  >> platforms, so not

  Michel> ^^^^^^^ That's not quite my first name. :)

Sorry about that, fixed below (or so I hope).

	--david

===== drivers/char/drm/radeon_state.c 1.23 vs edited =====
--- 1.23/drivers/char/drm/radeon_state.c	Tue Feb  3 21:29:26 2004
+++ edited/drivers/char/drm/radeon_state.c	Tue Feb 17 16:49:15 2004
@@ -2185,10 +2185,21 @@
 	case RADEON_PARAM_STATUS_HANDLE:
 		value = dev_priv->ring_rptr_offset;
 		break;
+#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
+	/*
+	 * This ioctl() doesn't work on 64-bit platforms because hw_lock is a
+	 * pointer which can't fit into an int-sized variable.  According to
+	 * Michel Dänzer, the ioctl() is only used on embedded platforms, so
+	 * not supporting it shouldn't be a problem.  If the same functionality
+	 * is needed on 64-bit platforms, a new ioctl() would have to be added,
+	 * so backwards-compatibility for the embedded platforms can be
+	 * maintained.  --davidm 4-Feb-2004.
+	 */
 	case RADEON_PARAM_SAREA_HANDLE:
 		/* The lock is the first dword in the sarea. */
-		value = (int)dev->lock.hw_lock; 
-		break;	
+		value = (long)dev->lock.hw_lock;
+		break;
+#endif
 	case RADEON_PARAM_GART_TEX_HANDLE:
 		value = dev_priv->gart_textures_offset;
 		break;
-
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