linux-kernel - Re: suspend2 merge (was Re: [Suspend2-devel] Re: CFS and suspend2: hang in atomic copy)

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Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:11:13 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Chris Friesen <cfriesen@...tel.com>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org>,
	suspend2-devel@...ts.suspend2.net, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: suspend2 merge (was Re: [Suspend2-devel] Re: CFS and suspend2:
	hang in atomic copy)

On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 10:14 -0600, Chris Friesen wrote:
> Johannes Berg wrote:
> 
> > Judging from experience with the wext 32/64 bit fiasco it seems to be
> > rather uncommon to use 32-bit userspace on 64-bit machines.
> 
> I disagree...it's quite common.  I think its the standard way of doing 
> things for ppc64, for instance.

I know. My only 64-bit machine is ppc64 :)

But still nobody noticed the wext 32/64 bit compat bug for like forever.
On the other hand, maybe that just means that most 64-bit machines are
desktop machines without wireless.

johannes

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