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Message-ID: <f0098753-8219-27c0-d992-a209f3c67d4d@denx.de>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:20:17 +0200
From: Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] regmap: Drop CONFIG_64BIT checks from core
On 6/26/19 1:15 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 01:31:16AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
>> Drop the CONFIG_64BIT checks from core regmap code, as it is well
>> possible to access e.g. an SPI device with 64bit registers from a
>> 32bit CPU. The CONFIG_64BIT checks are still left in place in the
>> regmap mmio code however.
>
> The issue with 8 bit
byte
> registers was that we use unsigned long for
> addresses and values and a 64 bit value won't fit in those on a 32 bit
> system. Some of the bulk APIs will work but things like individual
> register writes and the caches will have problems.
Good thing I sent this as RFC, I realized that shortly after too.
So, what would be the suggestion here ?
--
Best regards,
Marek Vasut
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