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

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUb-tpmTiKV5BFopCWoY96D_HYNG60Kv+wVRKnDFF+COA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 08:52:08 +0100
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc: Dave Penkler <dpenkler@...il.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, 
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] staging: gpib: Fix i386 build issue

Hi Günter,

On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 5:18 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
> The underlying problem is that the code uses a pointer to store the physical
> address. That doesn't work if sizeof(pointer) < sizeof(physical address),
> which affects systems with X86_PAE enabled. I have not seen the problem
> anywhere else.

I could reproduce the build issue on ARM, with CONFIG_ARM_LPAE=y,
which is not enabled by allmodconfig.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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