linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 09/16] libnvdimm, pmem: move pmem to drivers/nvdimm/

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Date:	Wed, 1 Jul 2015 15:13:00 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
	"linux-api@...r.kernel.org" <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 09/16] libnvdimm, pmem: move pmem to drivers/nvdimm/

Hi Dan,

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 1:14 AM, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> wrote:
> Prepare the pmem driver to consume PMEM namespaces emitted by regions of
> an nvdimm_bus instance.  No functional change.

As LIBNVDIMM depends on PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT, the driver can no
longer be enabled on pure 32-bit platforms. Is that intended?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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