linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace (v2)

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Message-ID: <511029AA.1060007@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:35:38 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Helge Deller <deller@....de>
CC:	linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	John David Anglin <dave.anglin@...l.net>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>,
	Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>, autofs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit
 userspace (v2)

On 02/04/2013 11:39 AM, Helge Deller wrote:
> 
> This suggestion is probably the best way to go, since Arm64 (and maybe others?)
> seems to have a non-working automounter. So in the long run even for other new
> upcoming architectures this inverted check seem to be the best solution, since
> it will not require them to change this #if again (unless they are 64bit only).
> 

... and even then they will generally work just fine.

	-hpa

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