linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] staging: gpib: Fix i386 build issue

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Message-ID: <b94d3f72-7a4d-44a5-baeb-5febac6b64e6@roeck-us.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 11:17:07 -0800
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>,
 'Dave Penkler' <dpenkler@...il.com>,
 "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 "linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev" <linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev>,
 "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] staging: gpib: Fix i386 build issue

Hi David,

On 12/6/24 10:02, David Laight wrote:
> From: Dave Penkler
>> Sent: 04 December 2024 16:21
>>
>> These drivers cast resource_type_t to void * causing the build to fail.
>>
>> With CONFIG_X86_PAE enabled the resource_size_t type is a 64bit unsigned
>> int which cannot be cast to a 32 bit pointer.
>>
>> Disable these drivers if X68_PAE is enabled
> 
> You missed the obvious typo :-)
> 

FWIW, I fail to see that typo as well, so I am not sure if it is really
that obvious.

> There is also a proposal to just remove PAE support.
> Mostly because it is likely to have bit-rotted and isn't really
> needed now 64bit code is common.
> 

Presumably that removal would not be 6.13 material, though, and I hope
that there _some_ fix will make it into 6.13.

Thanks,
Guenter