linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pci: Fix bus resource assignment on 32 bits with 64b resources

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Date:	Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:37:05 +1100
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci: Fix bus resource assignment on 32 bits with 64b
	resources


> It's been discussed before.  Some of the solutions discussed:
> 
>  - Add something like PRI_RES which can be concatenated into a printk.
>    Ugly.
>  - Patch gcc to allow user-definable types.  I think OpenBSD has a patch
>    for this.  Then we have to get that patch propagated to all the
>    people who compile the kernel.  Unappetising.
>  - Disable gcc's printk checking, teach sparse to typecheck printk.
>    Most people don't run sparse yet.

So you seem to dislike all 3, which one do you dislike the less ?

Cheers,
Ben.


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