On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 21:07 -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:59:54 +1100
>
> > If I "fix" the kernel to do the right thing, that is pass BAR values in
> > devices and expect BAR values in mmap, then I will break existing X
> > setups on machines where PCI is not mapped 1:1 (that is mostly CHRP
> > machines).
> >
> > The problem I'm fixing in this patch is that while we were providing the
> > hacked up value in "devices", we were expecting the BAR value in mmap,
> > and there are apps expecting us to be consistent between the two, thus
> > the breakage.
>
> Ok, I don't see much alternatives for you then. I have no real
> objections to your patch.
Thanks. Fortunately, it's all going away soon :-)
Ben.
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