Re: [PATCH v5] staging: gpib: Fix i386 build issue
From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Dec 10 2024 - 03:39:46 EST
On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 08:52:08AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> 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.
So does that mean this patch is incorrect?
confused,
greg k-h