Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/6] kconfigurable resources core changes

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On May 5, 2006, at 12:28 PM, Vivek Goyal wrote:



o Core changes for Kconfigurable memory and IO resources. By default resources
  are 64bit until chosen to be 32bit.

o Last time I posted the patches for 64bit memory resources but it raised
  the concerns regarding code bloat on 32bit systems who use 32 bit
  resources.

o This patch-set allows resources to be kconfigurable.

o I have done cross compilation on i386, x86_64, ppc, powerpc, sparc, sparc64
  ia64 and alpha.

Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <[email protected]>
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I didn't think the bloat was a big issue based on the numbers you reported. I'd still prefer to see us just move to a 64-bit resource on all systems.

- k

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