linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] amd64_edac: Build module on x86-32

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Date:	Sun, 2 Nov 2014 11:33:00 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Tomasz Pala <gotar@...anet.pl>
Cc:	linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	trivial@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] amd64_edac: Build module on x86-32

On Sun, Nov 02, 2014 at 11:22:12AM +0100, Tomasz Pala wrote:
> While both K8 and F10h are AMD64 CPUs, EDAC doesn't require them to run
> in long mode; AMD_NB dependency is enough.

Not enabling it on 32-bit was a conscious decision for the simple reason
that with the current DIMM sizes, you can have 1 or 2 DIMMs tops which
you can use on 32-bit and having a fat driver mapping memory errors to
DIMMs in that case does seem like a waste of time, energy, resources...
you name it.

I guess I'll add a note about this in the Kconfig text because I keep
getting patches about this once every couple of months :-)

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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