Re: [PATCH v5] staging: gpib: Fix i386 build issue

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Günter,

On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 5:18 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The underlying problem is that the code uses a pointer to store the physical
> address. That doesn't work if sizeof(pointer) < sizeof(physical address),
> which affects systems with X86_PAE enabled. I have not seen the problem
> anywhere else.

I could reproduce the build issue on ARM, with CONFIG_ARM_LPAE=y,
which is not enabled by allmodconfig.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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