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Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 23:58:35 -0800 From: Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> To: Mark Lord <lkml@....ca> Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: libusb broken on 2.6.28 x86_64 ? On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 02:51:13AM -0500, Mark Lord wrote: > Greg KH wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 02:01:21AM -0500, Mark Lord wrote: >>> Mark Lord wrote: > .. >>> Mmm.. broken only for 64-bit userspace, it seems. >>> >>> I've recompiled the same app against 32-bit libs, >>> and it works just fine on that 64-bit system, >>> as well as on 32-bit systems. >>> >>> But not when compiled for pure 64-bit operation on a 64-bit system. > .. >> Which version of libusb, a new one was just released a few weeks ago >> that fixes a lot of problems reported in the older libusb versions, and >> made things much faster to boot. You might want to check it out. > .. > > This is with libusb-0.1-4, which has been working fine with all prior > kernels, > including the 2.6.27.xx series. > > Userspace stuff like this is not supposed to be broken from kernel to > kernel. No it shouldn't, I was thinking this was the first time you had tried such a thing (64bit userspace apps.) If using 2.6.27 works, then we need to fix this. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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