linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PNP: make the resource type an unsigned long

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Message-ID: <48A0B852.4070107@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:08:18 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
CC:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PNP: make the resource type an unsigned long

Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> 
> I see hpa's point that it makes no functional difference, but I do
> think it's worthwhile to make the types match.  I don't want to
> debug the problem that happens when somebody adds an IORESOURCE_*
> flag in the upper bits.
> 

Then half the platforms break anyway.

We should change this to an explicit type.

	-hpa

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