Re: [PATCH 0/3] Globally defining phys_addr_t

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> This is a repost of a little 3-patch series which Andrew has been
> carrying in -mm.  It cleans up the definition of phys_addr_t to make it
> kernel-wide rather than x86-specific, and fixes up PFN_PHYS() to use it
> to avoid address truncation.
> 
> We currently have a few workarounds for this problem in the tree, but
> Alex found another bug caused by PFN_PHYS(), so it's probably better if
> you bring these patches into tip.git for now.
> 
> PowerPC also defines a phys_addr_t with the same meaning as x86; the
> powerpc arch maintainers are happy with these patches.

If I'm not mistaking, this is also true for some MIPS machines.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                                                Geert

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